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Italian
Etymology
From Latin maleficium.
Noun
maleficio m (plural malefici)
- an evil spell, bane, curse
Further reading
- maleficio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
maleficiō
- dative/ablative singular of maleficium
Portuguese
Verb
maleficio
- first-person singular present indicative of maleficiar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /maleˈfiθjo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maleˈfisjo/
- Rhymes: -iθjo
- Rhymes: -isjo
- Syllabification: ma‧le‧fi‧cio
Etymology 1
From Latin maleficium.
Noun
maleficio m (plural maleficios)
- hex (evil spell)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
maleficio
- first-person singular present indicative of maleficiar
Further reading