malicia
Spanish, noun
malicia is spelled M-A-L-I-C-I-A (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malicia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “malice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of maliciar. With an accent, maliciá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of maliciar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Calidad de malo”.
What does malicia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemalice
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of maliciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Calidad de malo. 2. Inclinación a lo malo y contrario a la virtud. 3. Perversidad del que peca por malignidad. 4. Cierta solapa y bellaquería con que se hace o dice una cosa, ocultando la intención con que se procede.
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 malicia
- malicias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to malicia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malicia in Spanish?
malicia appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).