maleficiar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.le.fi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.le.fi.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ma.le.fiˈsja(ʁ)/ [ma.le.fiˈsja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ma.le.fi.siˈa(ɾ)/ [ma.le.fi.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ma.le.fiˈsja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ma.le.fi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.le.fi.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ma.le.fiˈsja(ʁ)/ [ma.le.fiˈsja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.le.fi.siˈa(ɻ)/ [ma.le.fi.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ma.le.fiˈsja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.lɨ.fiˈsjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.lɨ.fiˈsja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ma‧le‧fi‧ci‧ar
Verb
maleficiar (first-person singular present maleficio, first-person singular preterite maleficiei, past participle maleficiado)
- to harm, damage
- Synonyms: prejudicar, danificar
- Antonyms: beneficiar, ajudar
- to bewitch
- Synonyms: amaldiçoar, enfeitiçar
- Antonym: abençoar
Conjugation
Conjugation of maleficiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Medieval Latin maleficio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malefiˈθjaɾ/ [ma.le.fiˈθjaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /malefiˈsjaɾ/ [ma.le.fiˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧le‧fi‧ciar
Verb
maleficiar (first-person singular present maleficio, first-person singular preterite maleficié, past participle maleficiado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of maleficiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- “maleficiar”, 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