malhaya
[malˈaʝa]
The verdict
“malhaya” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expresa disconformidad, disgusto o molestia con algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-malhaya · malhaya · Spanish
malhaya · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | malhaya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [malˈaʝa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “malhaya” en español
Rare enough to double-check
malhaya is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [malˈaʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expresa disconformidad, disgusto o molestia con algo.".
Zero misspellings are on record for malhaya in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is malhaya, spelled M-A-L-H-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Expresa disconformidad, disgusto o molestia con algo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how malhaya appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« El amor es rosa/ « del bien y del mal./ « Malhaya el amor,/ « malhaya el rosal/ « si rosa i amor/ « no dejan señal.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.