malévolo
Portuguese, adjective/maˈlɛ.vo.lu/
malévolo is spelled M-A-L-É-V-O-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,054th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malévolo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “malevolent (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem má vontade contra alguém”.
What does malévolo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
malevolent (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem má vontade contra alguém 2. que tem má índole 3. maléfico
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 malévolo
- malévola feminine
- malévolos masculine plural
- malévolas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malévolo?
- Brazil /maˈlɛ.vo.lu/
- Portugal /mɐˈlɛ.vu.lu/
- Portugal /mɐˈlɛ.bu.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to malévolo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is malévolo in Portuguese?
malévolo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).