malevolente
Portuguese, adjective/ma.le.voˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
malevolente is spelled M-A-L-E-V-O-L-E-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malevolente is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “malevolent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que malévolo”.
What does malevolente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. o mesmo que 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.
Forms of malevolente
- malevolentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malevolente?
- Brazil /ma.le.voˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /mɐ.lɨ.vuˈlẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal /mɐ.lɨ.buˈlẽ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malevolente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malevolente in Portuguese?
malevolente appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).