maldecir

v.

to curse.

maldecir de to speak ill of

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maldecir

Conjugation model [PREDECIR], like {{link=predecir}}predecir

► verbo transitivo

1 to curse, damn

► verbo intransitivo

1 to curse

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FRASEOLOGÍA

maldecir de to speak ill of

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verb

to curse, damn

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1. VT

1) [con maldición] to curse

maldecía mi mala suerte — I cursed my bad luck

2) (=odiar) to loathe, detest

2.

VI to curse

maldecir de algn/algo — (=hablar mal) to speak ill of sb/sth; (=quejarse) to complain bitterly about sb/sth

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1.

verbo transitivo to curse

2.

maldecir vi

a) (renegar) to curse

maldecir DE algo/alguien — to speak ill of something/somebody

b) (blasfemar) to swear, curse (AmE)

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= damn, curse.

Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.

Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.

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1.

verbo transitivo to curse

2.

maldecir vi

a) (renegar) to curse

maldecir DE algo/alguien — to speak ill of something/somebody

b) (blasfemar) to swear, curse (AmE)

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= damn, curse.

Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.

Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.

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maldecir [I25 ]

vt

to curse

maldigo la hora en que te conocí I curse the day I met you

maldijo su suerte he cursed his luck

■ maldecir

vi

1 (renegar) to curse maldecir DE algo/algn to speak ill OF sth/sb

2 (blasfemar) to swear, curse (AmE)

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maldecir (conjugate maldecir) verbo transitivo
to curse
verbo intransitivo

a) (renegar) to curse;

maldecir DE algo/algn to speak ill of sth/sb

b) (blasfemar) to swear, curse (AmE)

maldecir verbo transitivo to curse
'maldecir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cagarse
- jurar
- maldiga
- renegar
English:
curse
- cuss

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maldecir

♦ vt

to curse;

maldigo el día en que te conocí I curse the day I ever met you

♦ vi

to curse;

maldecir de to speak ill of

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maldecir

I v/i curse;

maldecir de alguien speak ill of s.o.

II v/t curse

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maldecir {11} vt

: to curse, to damn

maldecir vi

1) : to curse, to swear

2)

maldecir de : to speak ill of, to slander, to defame

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maldecir vb to curse