malograr
Portuguese, verb/ma.loˈɡɾa(ʁ)/
malograr is a Portuguese verb meaning “to harm, botch, spoil, ruin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer não dar certo”.
What does malograr mean in English?
verb
- 1
to harm, botch, spoil, ruin
- 2
to fail
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer não dar certo
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 malograr
- malogro first-person present singular
- malogrei first-person preterite singular
- malogrado participle past
- malograres infinitive second-person singular
- malograrmos first-person infinitive plural
- malogrardes infinitive plural second-person
- malograrem infinitive plural third-person
- malogrando gerund
- malogrados masculine participle past
- malograda feminine participle past
- malogradas feminine participle past
- malogras indicative present second-person
- malogra indicative present singular
- malogramos first-person indicative plural
- malograis indicative plural present
- malogram indicative plural present
- malograva first-person imperfect indicative
- malogravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malograr?
- Brazil /ma.loˈɡɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ma.loˈɡɾa(h)]
- /ma.loˈɡɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.