maldición
Galician
Pronunciation
Noun
maldición f (plural maldicións)
Related terms
- maldicir
- maldito
Further reading
- “maldición”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledictiōnem (“evil-speaking, curse”), from maledīcō (“to speak ill of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maldiˈθjon/ [mal̪.d̪iˈθjõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /maldiˈsjon/ [mal̪.d̪iˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: mal‧di‧ción
Noun
maldición f (plural maldiciones)
Interjection
maldición
- damn, curses
Related terms
Further reading
- “maldición”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024