Polyglot Dictionary

maldição

/mawdʒiˈsɐ̃w/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as maldições

Meaning

  1. curse

    • Caiu uma maldição.

      A curse fell.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

maldición

maldición is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "curse."

French

malédiction

malédiction is the French word for the same thing — both mean "curse."

Practice

1 What does maldição mean?

2 Fill the gap: Caiu uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches maldição?

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