maléfico
See also: malefico
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin maleficus, from male (“badly, evilly”) + facio (“do”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈlɛ.fi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈlɛ.fi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈlɛ.fi.ku/
Adjective
maléfico (feminine maléfica, masculine plural maléficos, feminine plural maléficas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “maléfico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “maléfico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “maléfico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin maleficus, from male (“badly, evilly”) + faciō (“do”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlefiko/ [maˈle.fi.ko]
- Rhymes: -efiko
- Syllabification: ma‧lé‧fi‧co
Adjective
maléfico (feminine maléfica, masculine plural maléficos, feminine plural maléficas)
Further reading
- “maléfico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025