"malía" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /maˈlia/, [maˈli.a] Forms: malías [plural]
Rhymes: -ia Etymology: From mal (“bad, evil”) + -ía. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:af|mal<id:adjective><t:bad, evil>|-ía<id:noun suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From mal (“bad, evil”) + -ía., {{ety|es|:af|mal<id:adjective><t:bad, evil>|-ía<id:noun suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Latin -um Latin malum Old Spanish malo Old Spanish mal Spanish mal Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Spanish -ía Spanish malía From mal (“bad, evil”) + -ía. Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} malía m or f by sense (plural malías)
  1. (El Salvador, Honduras) a mischievous person Tags: El-Salvador, Honduras, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine

Inflected forms

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