malestar

See also: mal-estar

Catalan

Etymology

From mal- +‎ estar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ləsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.lesˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: ma‧les‧tar

Noun

malestar m (plural malestars)

1. unease, discomfort

Related terms

• benestar

Further reading

• “malestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “malestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “malestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “malestar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• mal-estar (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malesˈtaɾ/ [ma.les̺ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ma‧les‧tar

Noun

malestar m (plural malestares)

1. unease
2. discomfort

Antonyms

• benestar

Further reading

• “malestar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From mal +‎ estar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malesˈtaɾ/ [ma.lesˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧les‧tar, mal‧es‧tar

Noun

malestar m (plural malestares)

1. unease
2. discomfort

   Synonym: incomodidad

Antonyms

• bienestar

 

Further reading

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