maleficiar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From malefício +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.le.fi.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ma.le.fiˈsja(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ma.le.fi.siˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ma.le.fiˈsja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ma.le.fi.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ma.le.fiˈsja(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.le.fi.siˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ma.le.fiˈsja(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: ma‧le‧fi‧ci‧ar

Verb

maleficiar (first-person singular present maleficio, first-person singular preterite maleficiei, past participle maleficiado)

  1. to harm, damage
    Synonyms: prejudicar, danificar
    Antonyms: beneficiar, ajudar
  2. to bewitch
    Synonyms: amaldiçoar, enfeitiçar
    Antonym: abençoar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of maleficiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal maleficiar
Personal maleficiar maleficiares maleficiar maleficiarmos maleficiardes maleficiarem
Gerund
maleficiando
Past participle
Masculine maleficiado maleficiados
Feminine maleficiada maleficiadas
Indicative
Present maleficio maleficias maleficia maleficiamos maleficiais maleficiam
Imperfect maleficiava maleficiavas maleficiava maleficiávamos maleficiáveis maleficiavam
Preterite maleficiei maleficiaste maleficiou maleficiamos1, maleficiámos2 maleficiastes maleficiaram
Pluperfect maleficiara maleficiaras maleficiara maleficiáramos maleficiáreis maleficiaram
Future maleficiarei maleficiarás maleficiará maleficiaremos maleficiareis maleficiarão
Conditional maleficiaria maleficiarias maleficiaria maleficiaríamos maleficiaríeis maleficiariam
Subjunctive
Present maleficie maleficies maleficie maleficiemos maleficieis maleficiem
Imperfect maleficiasse maleficiasses maleficiasse maleficiássemos maleficiásseis maleficiassem
Future maleficiar maleficiares maleficiar maleficiarmos maleficiardes maleficiarem
Imperative
Affirmative maleficia maleficie maleficiemos maleficiai maleficiem
Negative (não) não maleficies não maleficie não maleficiemos não maleficieis não maleficiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /malefiˈθjaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /malefiˈsjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ma‧le‧fi‧ciar

Verb

maleficiar (first-person singular present maleficio, first-person singular preterite maleficié, past participle maleficiado)

  1. (transitive) to bewitch
  2. (transitive) to harm, damage

Conjugation

    Conjugation of maleficiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive maleficiar
gerund maleficiando
past participle masculine feminine
singular maleficiado maleficiada
plural maleficiados maleficiadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present maleficio maleficiastú
maleficiásvos 		maleficia maleficiamos maleficiáis malefician
imperfect maleficiaba maleficiabas maleficiaba maleficiábamos maleficiabais maleficiaban
preterite maleficié maleficiaste malefició maleficiamos maleficiasteis maleficiaron
future maleficiaré maleficiarás maleficiará maleficiaremos maleficiaréis maleficiarán
conditional maleficiaría maleficiarías maleficiaría maleficiaríamos maleficiaríais maleficiarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present maleficie maleficiestú
maleficiésvos2 		maleficie maleficiemos maleficiéis maleficien
imperfect
(ra) 		maleficiara maleficiaras maleficiara maleficiáramos maleficiarais maleficiaran
imperfect
(se) 		maleficiase maleficiases maleficiase maleficiásemos maleficiaseis maleficiasen
future1 maleficiare maleficiares maleficiare maleficiáremos maleficiareis maleficiaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative maleficiatú
maleficiávos 		maleficie maleficiemos maleficiad maleficien
negative no maleficies no maleficie no maleficiemos no maleficiéis no maleficien

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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