maldade

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Galician[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese maldade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin malitātem, from Latin malus. By surface analysis, mal +‎ -dade. Compare Portuguese maldade, Spanish maldad.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [malˈdaðɪ], [malˈda]

Noun[edit]

maldade f (plural maldades)

  1. malice
    Synonym: malicia
  2. wickedness, meanness
    Antonym: bondade
    • 1934, Castelao, Os dous de sempre, page 127:
      […] os empregados non se deixan asoballar pola súa maldade, e o mesmo porteiro deprendeu a poñerlle cara de can. Somente Pedro é un manteiguiñas, incapaz de defenderse. A covardía do xefe cabalga na covardía de Pedro, para locí-las arroutadas que non é quen de descargar no lombo dos outros. Pedro sofre en silenzo; pero cóme-no as xenreiras, e non pode ollá-la cara daquel home sen desexarlle a morte.
      […] employees don't let him oppress them with his meanness, and even the doorman learnt to put an angry face for him. But Pedro is a poor thing, unable to defend himself. The boss' cowardice rides Pedro's, to show off the outbursts that he is incapable of discharging over other's shoulders. Pedro suffers in silence; but spite eats him, and he can't watch that man's face without wishing him death.

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References[edit]

  • “maldade” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “maldade” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “maldade” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “maldade” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “maldade” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Late Latin malitātem, from Latin malus. By surface analysis, mal +‎ -dade. Compare Spanish maldad.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈda.d͡ʒi/ [maʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mawˈda.de/ [maʊ̯ˈda.de]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
  • Hyphenation: mal‧da‧de

Noun[edit]

maldade f (plural maldades)

  1. malice
  2. wickedness

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