malina
Portuguese, noun/maˈlĩ.nɐ/
malina is spelled M-A-L-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “typhoid fever (a deadly disease characterised by severe fever)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of malino. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “águas vivas das marés”.
What does malina mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininetyphoid fever (a deadly disease characterised by severe fever)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of malino
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. águas vivas das marés 2. febre de mau caráter 3. mau cheiro
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 malina
- malinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malina?
- Brazil /maˈlĩ.nɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈli.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malina in Portuguese?
malina appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).