malévola
Portuguese, adjective/maˈlɛ.vo.lɐ/
malévola is spelled M-A-L-É-V-O-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malévola is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of malévolo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feminino de malévolo”.
What does malévola mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of malévolo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. feminino de malévolo
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.
How do you pronounce malévola?
- Brazil /maˈlɛ.vo.lɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈlɛ.vu.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malévola in Portuguese?
malévola appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).