maledicencia

See also: maledicència and maledicência

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin maledīcentia (“speaking badly of”), from maledīcō (“to speak badly of”).

Noun

maledicencia f (plural maledicencias)

1. gossip, slander

See also

• maleficencia

Further reading

• “maledicencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014