malfeito

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese malfeito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from mal + feito, or from Latin malefactus.

Pronunciation

Participle

malfeito (feminine malfeita, masculine plural malfeitos, feminine plural malfeitas)

  1. past participle of malfacer

Adjective

malfeito (feminine malfeita, masculine plural malfeitos, feminine plural malfeitas)

  1. misshapen

Noun

malfeito m (plural malfeitos)

  1. wrongdoing

References

  • “malfeito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “malfeito” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “malfeito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “malfeito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “malfeito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

mal + feito, or from Latin malefactus.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -ejtu
  • Hyphenation: mal‧fei‧to

Participle

malfeito (feminine malfeita, masculine plural malfeitos, feminine plural malfeitas)

  1. past participle of malfazer

Adjective

malfeito (feminine malfeita, masculine plural malfeitos, feminine plural malfeitas)

  1. badly made; of low quality; crude; rough

Noun

malfeito m (plural malfeitos)

  1. wrongdoing (instance of doing something morally or legally wrong)
    Synonym: malfeitoria

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