malaventura
Spanish, noun/malabenˈtuɾa/
malaventura is spelled M-A-L-A-V-E-N-T-U-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish, the 301,588th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malaventura is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “misfortune, bad luck, misadventure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desventura, desgracia, infortunio”.
What does malaventura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemisfortune, bad luck, misadventure.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Desventura, desgracia, infortunio
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of malaventura
- malaventuras plural
- mala ventura alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malaventura?
- /malabenˈtuɾa/
- [ma.la.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
- [malaβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪uɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malaventura in Spanish?
malaventura appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).