malifeta

Back-formation from malifetes, an alteration of earlier malesfetes, a calque of Latin mala facta, from malus (“bad”) and factus (“done”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌma.liˈfe.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌma.liˈfe.ta]

malifeta f (plural malifetes)

1. mischief, prank

   Synonyms: maldat, pillada

• “malifeta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “malifeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “malifeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.