"malpaís" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /malpaˈis/, [mal.paˈis] Forms: malpaíses [plural]
Rhymes: -is Etymology: From mal (“bad”) + país (“land, country”). Compare Sicilian Malupassu. Etymology templates: {{compound|es|mal|país|t1=bad|t2=land, country}} mal (“bad”) + país (“land, country”), {{cog|scn|Malupassu}} Sicilian Malupassu Head templates: {{es-noun|m|malpaíses}} malpaís m (plural malpaíses)
  1. akin to badlands, but of volcaniclastic origin Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-malpaís-es-noun-0WzVFyYH Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Geomorphology Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 39 38 18 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 38 15 7 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Geomorphology: 100 0
  2. (geology) karst Tags: masculine Synonyms: karst
    Sense id: en-malpaís-es-noun-Gpr94Ljw Categories (other): Geology Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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      },
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      "name": "compound"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "Malupassu"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mal (“bad”) + país (“land, country”). Compare Sicilian Malupassu.",
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    }
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    "Spanish countable nouns",
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    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
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    }
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      ],
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        "masculine"
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    {
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    },
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      "ipa": "[mal.paˈis]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-is"
    }
  ],
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