malefacio

Latin

Etymology

From male (wickedly, badly) +‎ faciō (to do, make).

Pronunciation

Verb

malefaciō (present infinitive malefacere, perfect active malefēcī, supine malefactum); third conjugation -variant, suppletive

  1. to do evil or harm
  2. to injure

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: malfaire
  • Friulian: malfâ
  • Italian: malfare
  • Occitan: malfar, malfaire, malfàser
  • Portuguese: malfazer
  • Spanish: malhacer

References

  • malefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • malefacio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.