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Participle

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malvado (feminine malvada, masculine plural malvados, feminine plural malvadas)

  1. past participle of malvar

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Spanish malvado, from Old Occitan malvat, from Late Latin malifātius (unfortunate).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈva.du/ [maʊ̯ˈva.du]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈva.do/ [maʊ̯ˈva.do]
 

  • Hyphenation: mal‧va‧do

Adjective

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malvado (feminine malvada, masculine plural malvados, feminine plural malvadas, comparable, comparative mais malvado, superlative o mais malvado or malvadíssimo)

  1. bad; evil; wicked
    Synonym: mau

Noun

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malvado m (plural malvados, feminine malvada, feminine plural malvadas)

  1. a malefactor, evildoer
    Synonym: celerado

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Occitan malvat, from Late Latin malifātius (unfortunate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /malˈbado/ [malˈβ̞a.ð̞o]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: mal‧va‧do

Adjective

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malvado (feminine malvada, masculine plural malvados, feminine plural malvadas)

  1. evil, wicked, mean, bad
    Synonym: perverso
    Antonym: bueno
    • 2020 September 23, “Venganza, enredos y trapos sucios en Saint-Germain-des-Près”, in El País[1]:
      Cuando el hijo se lo explica todo al padre, este le pregunta: “¿Cómo has podido volverte tan malvado?”. “Malvado, quizá”, apostilla el narrador. “Pero feliz”.
      When the son explained everything to the father, the father asked him: "How have you become so wicked?". "Wicked, perhaps," comments the narrator. "But happy."

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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: malvado

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