maleficio

See also: malefició

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin maleficium.

Noun

maleficio m (plural malefici)

  1. an evil spell, bane, curse

Further reading

  • maleficio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

maleficiō

  1. dative/ablative singular of maleficium

Etymology 2

From maleficium +‎ .

Verb

maleficiō (present infinitive maleficiāre, perfect active maleficiāvī, supine maleficiātum); first conjugation

  1. (Medieval Latin) alternative form of maleficō
    • 1620, Henricus Institoris, Malleus Maleficarum[1], page 263:
      ſciunt aliqua imagine depicta vel fuſa, vbi aliquem maleficiare volunt
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Spanish: maleficiar

References

Portuguese

Verb

maleficio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of maleficiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin maleficium.

Noun

maleficio m (plural maleficios)

  1. hex (evil spell)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maleficio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of maleficiar

Further reading