malícia
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin malitia. Doublet of malesa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈli.si.ə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [maˈli.si.a]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -isia
Noun
malícia f (plural malícies)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “malícia”, 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
Galician
Noun
malícia f (plural malícias, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of malicia
Further reading
- “malícia”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin malitia. Doublet of maleza.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈli.si.ɐ/ [maˈli.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /maˈli.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈli.si.a/ [maˈli.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /maˈli.sja/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈli.sjɐ/
- Hyphenation: ma‧lí‧ci‧a
Noun
malícia f (plural malícias)
- malice
- (colloquial) suggestiveness, sexual innuendo or the propensity/ability to notice such occurrences
Related terms
Further reading
- “malícia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “malícia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “malícia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025