malesa

See also: Malesa

Catalan

Alternative forms

• malea

Etymology

Inherited from Latin malitia (“badness”). Doublet of malícia, a learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [məˈlɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [məˈlə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈle.za]

Noun

malesa f (plural maleses)

1. vileness, wickedness

   Synonym: maldat

2. a vile or evil act
3. underbrush, undergrowth

Further reading

• “malesa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April