malandra
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin malandria (“blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
malandra f (plural malandre)
- (veterinary medicine) malanders, a scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the foreleg of a horse
Further reading edit
- malandra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾɐ
Noun edit
malandra f (plural malandras)
- female equivalent of malandro
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
malandra
- inflection of malandrar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
malandra f (plural malandras)
- female equivalent of malandro, a certain type of delinquent or thug
Further reading edit
- “malandra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014