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Catalan
Verb
malicia
- inflection of maliciar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin malitia.
Pronunciation
Noun
malicia f (plural malicias)
- malice
1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:As lançadas que nos tiran
os que benden
que os ollos sacar pretenden
todo para lebar fora
A malizia neles mora
qu'este e o trato en que se entenden
- the lances they throw at us
the ones selling
they want to gouge our eyes
for taking all away
Malice dwells inside them
this is the deal they understand
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “malicia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “malicia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “malicia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /maˈliθja/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maˈlisja/
- Rhymes: -iθja
- Rhymes: -isja
- Syllabification: ma‧li‧cia
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin malitia. Compare the inherited doublet maleza.
Noun
malicia f (plural malicias)
- malice
- Synonym: maldad
Etymology 2
Verb
malicia
- inflection of maliciar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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