maldito

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maldito.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mal‧di‧to
  • IPA(key): /malˈdito/, [mʌl̪ˈd̪i.t̪ʊ]

Adjective

maldito (feminine maldita)

  1. mean, cruel
  2. mischievous
  3. having an attitude

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old 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

Adjective

maldito (feminine maldita, masculine plural malditos, feminine plural malditas, comparable, comparative mais maldito, superlative o mais maldito or malditíssimo)

  1. cursed, accursed, damned (inflicted with supernatural harm)
  2. damn, darn, bloody, goddamn freaking, blasted
  3. not nice; mean; cruel; heartless
  4. troublesome; annoying; vexatious

Antonyms


Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledictus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /malˈdito/ [mal̪ˈd̪i.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: mal‧di‧to

Adjective

maldito (feminine maldita, masculine plural malditos, feminine plural malditas)

  1. cursed; damned
    • 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?
    Antonym: bendito

Derived terms

Interjection

maldito

  1. damn

Noun

maldito m (plural malditos)

  1. (derogatory, vulgar) bastard, son of a bitch

Participle

maldito (feminine maldita, masculine plural malditos, feminine plural malditas)

  1. past participle of maldecir

Further reading


Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maldito.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mal‧di‧to
  • IPA(key): /malˈdito/, [mɐlˈdi.to]

Adjective

maldito

  1. mean; cruel
  2. mischievous
  3. (derogatory, of a boy) spoiled

Noun

maldito

  1. (derogatory) spoiled boy
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