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Portuguese
Etymology
From mal + quisto.
Pronunciation
Adjective
malquisto (feminine malquista, masculine plural malquistos, feminine plural malquistas)
- disliked, unliked
- Antonym: benquisto
Spanish
Etymology
Derived from an archaic irregular participle form quisto of the verb querer (to love). See Latin quaesītus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malˈkisto/
- Rhymes: -isto
- Syllabification: mal‧quis‧to
Adjective
malquisto (feminine malquista, masculine plural malquistos, feminine plural malquistas)
- unpopular, unliked
2015 October 3, “Jarnés”, in El País:Tuvo que exilarse a México tras la guerra incivil, sufriendo el ostracismo impuesto por los vencedores y siendo malquisto por los inquisidores del “compromiso” literario, que miraba con desdén.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Verb
malquisto
- first-person singular present indicative of malquistar
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