malvado
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *malifātius, which consists of malus (“bad”) and fātum (“destiny”), probably via Old Occitan malvat, malvada.
Adjective[edit]
malvado m (feminine singular malvada, masculine plural malvados, feminine plural malvadas, comparable)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of malvado
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
positive | malvado | malvada | malvados | malvadas |
comparative | mais malvado | mais malvada | mais malvados | mais malvadas |
superlative | o mais malvado malvadíssimo |
a mais malvada malvadíssima |
os mais malvados malvadíssimos |
as mais malvadas malvadíssimas |
augmentative | — | — | — | — |
diminutive | — | — | — | — |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *malifātius, which consists of Latin malus (“bad”) and fātum (“destiny”), probably via Old Occitan malvat, malvada.[1] Cognates include: Catalan malvat, Old French malvais (modern mauvais), Italian malvagio.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
malvado (feminine malvada, masculine plural malvados, feminine plural malvadas)
- evil, wicked, mean, bad
- 2020 September 23, “Venganza, enredos y trapos sucios en Saint-Germain-des-Près”, in El País[1]:
- Cuando el hijo se lo explica todo al padre, este le pregunta: “¿Cómo has podido volverte tan malvado?”. “Malvado, quizá”, apostilla el narrador. “Pero feliz”.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Derived terms[edit]
- bruja malvada (“wicked witch”)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “malvado” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References[edit]
- ^ Coromines, Joan, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, 2011, →ISBN
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