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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin malitiōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.li.siˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /ma.liˈsjo.zu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.li.siˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /ma.liˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.li.siˈo.zo/ , (faster pronunciation) /ma.liˈsjo.zo/
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: ma‧li‧ci‧o‧so
Adjective
malicioso (feminine maliciosa, masculine plural maliciosos, feminine plural maliciosas, metaphonic)
- malicious (of, pertaining to, or as a result of malice or spite)
- Synonym: maldoso
- (especially of a look or a person) raunchy, naughty, dirty (sexually indecent)
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin malitiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /maliˈθjoso/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maliˈsjoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: ma‧li‧cio‧so
Adjective
malicioso (feminine maliciosa, masculine plural maliciosos, feminine plural maliciosas)
- malicious
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