malquisto

Portuguese

Etymology

From mal +‎ quisto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈkis.tu/ [maʊ̯ˈkis.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈkis.tu/ [maʊ̯ˈkis.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mawˈkiʃ.tu/ [maʊ̯ˈkiʃ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mawˈkis.to/ [maʊ̯ˈkis.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /malˈkiʃ.tu/ [maɫˈkiʃ.tu]

• Hyphenation: mal‧quis‧to

Adjective

malquisto (feminine malquista, masculine plural malquistos, feminine plural malquistas)

1. disliked, unliked

   Antonym: benquisto

Further reading

• “malquisto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “malquisto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Derived from an archaic irregular participle form quisto of the verb querer (to love). See Latin quaesītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈkisto/ [malˈkis.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: mal‧quis‧to

Adjective

malquisto (feminine malquista, masculine plural malquistos, feminine plural malquistas)

1. unpopular, unliked
   • 2015 October 3, “Jarnés”, in El País‎:

     Tuvo que exilarse a México tras la guerra incivil, sufriendo el ostracismo impuesto por los vencedores y siendo malquisto por los inquisidores del “compromiso” literario, que miraba con desdén.

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Verb

malquisto

1. first-person singular present indicative of malquistar

Further reading

• “malquisto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024