Polyglot Dictionary

malvado

/mawˈvadu/

o 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
os malvados

Meaning

  1. villain

    • O malvado riu.

      The villain laughed.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

vilão

vilão is more about a story's antagonist; malvado is more about being evil or wicked in general — both mean "villain."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

malvado

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

Spanish

villano

villano is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "villain."

French

vilain

vilain is the French word for the same thing — both mean "villain."

Practice

1 What does malvado mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ riu.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches malvado?

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