malquerença
Portuguese, noun/maw.keˈɾẽ.sɐ/
malquerença is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “malevolence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “falta de estima; malevolência”.
What does malquerença mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemalevolence
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falta de estima; malevolência
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 malquerença
- malquerenças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malquerença?
- Brazil /maw.keˈɾẽ.sɐ/
- Brazil [maʊ̯.keˈɾẽ.sɐ]
- Portugal /mal.kɨˈɾẽ.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malquerença in Portuguese?
malquerença appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).