maligno
Portuguese, adjective/maˈli.ɡi.nu/
maligno is spelled M-A-L-I-G-N-O (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maligno is a Portuguese adjective meaning “malign; malignant; evil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inclinado para o mal; maldoso, maléfico, mau”.
What does maligno mean in English?
adjective
- 1
malign; malignant; evil
- 2
malignant (tending to produce death)
- 3
often preceded by "o"; an epithet for the Devil
Isto é obra do maligno.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. inclinado para o mal; maldoso, maléfico, mau 2. que tende a piorar (dito de tumor canceroso ou qualquer lesão ou enfermidade)
noun: 1. Diabo
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 maligno
- maligna feminine
- malignos masculine plural
- malignas feminine plural
- malino alternative obsolete poetic
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maligno?
- Brazil /maˈli.ɡi.nu/
- Brazil /maˈliɡ.nu/
- Portugal /mɐˈliɡ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maligno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maligno in Portuguese?
maligno appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).