maledicência
Portuguese, noun/ma.le.d͡ʒiˈsẽ.sjɐ/
maledicência is spelled M-A-L-E-D-I-C-Ê-N-C-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maledicência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gossip, slander” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou qualidade de maldizente”.
What does maledicência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegossip, slander
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou qualidade de maldizente 2. murmuração, difamação, ato de falar mal de outrem
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 maledicência
- maledicências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maledicência?
- Brazil /ma.le.d͡ʒiˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ.lɨ.diˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Portugal [mɐ.lɨ.ðiˈsẽ.sjɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maledicência in Portuguese?
maledicência appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).