malevo
Spanish, noun/maˈlebo/
malevo is spelled M-A-L-E-V-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 103,935th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malevo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “ruffian, bad-ass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does malevo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslangruffian, bad-ass
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Malévolo. 2. Delincuente. 3. Que vive en un arrabal. 4. Vulgar, propio del arrabal.
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 malevo
- malevos plural
- maleva feminine
- malevas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malevo?
- /maˈlebo/
- [maˈle.β̞o]
- [maˈleβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malevo in Spanish?
malevo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).