maldição

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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)

  1. curse
    Antonyms: bênção, bendição

Further reading

  • “maldição” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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