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Portuguese
Etymology
Likely a semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledictiōnem (“evil-speaking, curse”), from maledīcō (“to speak ill of”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: mal‧di‧ção
Noun
maldição f (plural maldições)
- curse
- Antonyms: bênção, bendição
Related terms
Further reading
- “maldição” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913