malicioso
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin malitiōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.li.siˈo.zu/ [ma.li.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ma.liˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.li.siˈo.zo/ [ma.li.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /ma.liˈsjo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.liˈsjo.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: ma‧li‧ci‧o‧so
Adjective
malicioso (feminine maliciosa, masculine plural maliciosos, feminine plural maliciosas, metaphonic)
- malicious (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite)
- Synonym: maldoso
- (especially of a look or a person) raunchy, naughty, dirty (sexually indecent)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “malicioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “malicioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin malitiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maliˈθjoso/ [ma.liˈθjo.so] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /maliˈsjoso/ [ma.liˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: ma‧li‧cio‧so
Adjective
malicioso (feminine maliciosa, masculine plural maliciosos, feminine plural maliciosas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “malicioso”, 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