# malo

> Portuguese word · Adjective · frequency rank #41,118

## Definitions
1. mau, malévolo:
2. ruim, que faz mal, prejudicial, desagradável:
3. desobediente, mal-criado:
4. avariado, enguiçado, pifado:
5. doente:
6. ruim, sem talento:

## Easily confused with
- **mo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mo)
- **mas** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mas)
- **mil** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mil)
- **mão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mao)
- **mar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mar)
- **mau** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mau)
- **man** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-man)
- **mel** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mel)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-may)
- **map** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-map)
- **mat** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mat)
- **meio** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-meio)
- **medo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-medo)
- **modo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-modo)
- **mãos** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-maos)
- **mata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mata)
- **mato** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mato)
- **mapa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mapa)
- **Mark** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-mark)
- **moto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/malo-vs-moto)

## Common misspellings (5)
`amlo`, `mallo`, `maol`, `mlao`, `mmalo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/malo