maleficiar

From malefici +‎ -ar.

maleficiar (first-person singular present maleficio, first-person singular preterite maleficií, past participle maleficiat)

1. to bewitch, to curse, to harm with spells

   Synonyms: embruixar, fetillar

• “maleficiar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From malefício +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: ma‧le‧fi‧ci‧ar

maleficiar (first-person singular present maleficio, first-person singular preterite maleficiei, past participle maleficiado)

1. to harm, damage

   Synonyms: prejudicar, danificar

   Antonyms: beneficiar, ajudar

2. to bewitch

   Synonyms: amaldiçoar, enfeitiçar

   Antonym: abençoar

• maléfico

• “maleficiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “maleficiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• maleficar

From Medieval Latin maleficio.

• IPA^(key): /malefiˈθjaɾ/ [ma.le.fiˈθjaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /malefiˈsjaɾ/ [ma.le.fiˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧le‧fi‧ciar

maleficiar (first-person singular present maleficio, first-person singular preterite maleficié, past participle maleficiado)

1. (transitive) to bewitch
2. (transitive) to harm, damage

• “maleficiar”, 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