malvado
Spanish, adjective/malˈbado/
malvado is spelled M-A-L-V-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malvado is a Spanish adjective meaning “evil, wicked, mean, bad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene maldad, que hace el mal”.
What does malvado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
evil, wicked, mean, bad
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene maldad, que hace el mal.
noun: 1. Personaje de libros, teatro y películas que es el antihéroe y siempre obra mal.
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 malvado
- malvada feminine
- malvados masculine plural
- malvadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malvado?
- /malˈbado/
- [malˈβ̞a.ð̞o]
- [malˈβ̞að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malvado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malvado in Spanish?
malvado appears 4.4 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).