maluco
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown. Maybe from maluco (“moluccan”)[1]- see Moluccas - or from a diminutive of malo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧lu‧co
Adjective
maluco (feminine maluca, masculine plural malucos, feminine plural malucas)
Noun
maluco m (plural malucos)
References
- ^ “maluco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Spanish
Adjective
maluco (feminine maluca, masculine plural malucos, feminine plural malucas)
Further reading
- “maluco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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