maldito
Portuguese, adjective/mawˈd͡ʒi.tu/
maldito is spelled M-A-L-D-I-T-O (7 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,325th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maldito is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cursed, accursed, damned (inflicted with supernatural harm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of maldizer. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sinistro”.
What does maldito mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cursed, accursed, damned (inflicted with supernatural harm)
- 2
damn, darn, bloody, goddamn freaking, blasted
- 3
not nice; mean; cruel; heartless
- 4
troublesome; annoying; vexatious
verb
- 1
past participle of maldizer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sinistro 2. que exerce influência ruim 3. que tem má índole 4. aborrecido
noun: 1. o diabo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maldito
- maldita feminine
- malditos masculine plural
- malditas feminine plural
- mais maldito comparative
- o mais maldito superlative
- malditíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maldito?
- Brazil /mawˈd͡ʒi.tu/
- Brazil [maʊ̯ˈd͡ʒi.tu]
- Portugal /malˈdi.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maldito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maldito in Portuguese?
maldito appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).