maleza
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin malitia. Doublet of malicia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈleθa/ [maˈle.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /maˈlesa/ [maˈle.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ma‧le‧za
Noun
maleza f (plural malezas)
- underbrush
- Synonym: (Mexico, Dominican Republic) monte
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela) weed (plant regarded as unwanted)
- Synonym: mala hierba
Related terms
Further reading
- “maleza”, 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