Polyglot Dictionary

malvado

/malˈβaðo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
malvados

Meaning

  1. villain

    • El malvado rió.

      The villain laughed.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

villano

villano can also mean "peasant" historically; malvado is more purely about evil or wickedness — both mean "villain."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

malvado

malvado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "villain."

Portuguese

vilão

vilão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "villain."

Practice

1 What does malvado mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ rió.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches malvado?

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