"malefico" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

IPA: /maˈlɛ.fi.ko/ Forms: malefica [feminine], malefici [masculine, plural], malefiche [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɛfiko Etymology: Borrowed from Latin maleficus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|la|maleficus}} Borrowed from Latin maleficus Head templates: {{it-adj}} malefico (feminine malefica, masculine plural malefici, feminine plural malefiche)
  1. evil, wicked
    Sense id: en-malefico-it-adj-Trt5fPrE
  2. baleful, malign
    Sense id: en-malefico-it-adj-sXpuQ7TT Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 10 50 39
  3. dark (forces etc.)
    Sense id: en-malefico-it-adj-jQSarG~~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: maleficamente

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "maleficamente"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "maleficus"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin maleficus",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin maleficus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "malefica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malefici",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malefiche",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧lè‧fi‧co"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ma‧lè‧fi‧co"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "evil, wicked"
      ],
      "id": "en-malefico-it-adj-Trt5fPrE",
      "links": [
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ],
        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 50 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "baleful, malign"
      ],
      "id": "en-malefico-it-adj-sXpuQ7TT",
      "links": [
        [
          "baleful",
          "baleful"
        ],
        [
          "malign",
          "malign"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dark (forces etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-malefico-it-adj-jQSarG~~",
      "links": [
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈlɛ.fi.ko/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛfiko"
    }
  ],
  "word": "malefico"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Italian 4-syllable words",
    "Italian adjectives",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛfiko",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛfiko/4 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "maleficamente"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "maleficus"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin maleficus",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin maleficus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "malefica",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malefici",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "malefiche",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "malefico (feminine malefica, masculine plural malefici, feminine plural malefiche)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧lè‧fi‧co"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ma‧lè‧fi‧co"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "evil, wicked"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ],
        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "baleful, malign"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baleful",
          "baleful"
        ],
        [
          "malign",
          "malign"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dark (forces etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈlɛ.fi.ko/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛfiko"
    }
  ],
  "word": "malefico"
}

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