maldito

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maldito.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mal‧di‧to
• IPA^(key): /malˈdito/ [mɐl̪ˈd̪i.t̪o]

Adjective

maldito (feminine maldita)

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese maldito, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin maledictus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈd͡ʒi.tu/ [maʊ̯ˈd͡ʒi.tu]

• (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

Participle

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

1. past participle of maldizer

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

• bendito

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

   Antonym: bendito

   • 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?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• maldita sea
• malditismo

 

Related terms

• maldecir

 

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. (dated, now proscribed) past participle of maldecir

Further reading

• “maldito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Fundéu
• Nueva gramática de la lengua española

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maldito.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

maldito (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. masculine of maldita

Noun

maldito (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

1. male equivalent of maldita