maleita
Portuguese, noun/maˈlej.tɐ/
maleita is spelled M-A-L-E-I-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 115,974th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maleita is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “malaria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “malária”.
What does maleita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemalaria
- 2
feminineague
- 3
feminineillness; disease
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. malária 2. doença
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 maleita
- maleitas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maleita?
- Brazil /maˈlej.tɐ/
- Brazil [maˈleɪ̯.tɐ]
- Portugal /mɐˈlɐj.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maleita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maleita in Portuguese?
maleita appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).