maldito
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maldito.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mal‧di‧to
- IPA(key): /malˈdito/ [mɐl̪ˈd̪i.t̪o]
Adjective
maldito (feminine maldita)
- mean, cruel
- mischievous
- having an attitude
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese maldito, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledictus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈd͡ʒi.tu/ [maʊ̯ˈd͡ʒi.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈd͡ʒi.to/ [maʊ̯ˈd͡ʒi.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /malˈdi.tu/ [maɫˈdi.tu]
- Hyphenation: mal‧di‧to
Participle
maldito (feminine maldita, masculine plural malditos, feminine plural malditas)
- past participle of maldizer
Adjective
maldito (feminine maldita, masculine plural malditos, feminine plural malditas, comparable, comparative mais maldito, superlative o mais maldito or malditíssimo)
- cursed, accursed, damned (inflicted with supernatural harm)
- damn, darn, bloody, goddamn freaking, blasted
- not nice; mean; cruel; heartless
- troublesome; annoying; vexatious
Antonyms
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledictus. Doublet of Old Spanish maldicho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malˈdito/ [mal̪ˈd̪i.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: mal‧di‧to
Adjective
maldito (feminine maldita, masculine plural malditos, feminine plural malditas)
- (after nouns) cursed
- Antonym: bendito
- 1915, Ricardo Flores Magón, La patria burguesa y la patria universal:
- El que no cuenta más que con sus brazos para ganarse el sustento, sustento del que carece si el amo maldito no se le antoja explotarlo, ¿qué patria tiene?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (before nouns) damned, freaking, fucking
Derived terms
Related terms
Interjection
maldito
Noun
maldito m (plural malditos)
- (derogatory, vulgar) bastard, son of a bitch
Participle
maldito (feminine maldita, masculine plural malditos, feminine plural malditas)
- (dated, now proscribed) past participle of maldecir
Further reading
- “maldito”, 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
- Fundéu
- Nueva gramática de la lengua española
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maldito.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /malˈdito/ [mɐlˈd̪iː.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: mal‧di‧to
Adjective
maldito (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)
- masculine of maldita
Noun
maldito (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)
- male equivalent of maldita