- maleante
- adj.1 wicked.2 crooked, evil-doing.f. & m.1 crook.2 criminal, wrongdoer, evildoer.* * *maleante► nombre masulino o femenino1 delinquent, criminal* * *noun mf.crook* * *1.SMF (=malhechor) crook, villain; (=vago) vagrant2.ADJ (=malo) wicked; (=pícaro) villainous; (=indeseable) unsavoury, unsavory (EEUU)* * *masculino y femenino criminal
lo atacaron unos maleantes — he was attacked by some thugs
* * *= villain.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.* * *masculino y femenino criminallo atacaron unos maleantes — he was attacked by some thugs
* * *= villain.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.
* * *maleantemasculine and femininecriminallo atacaron unos maleantes en la puerta de su casa he was attacked by some thugs ( o youths etc) at the entrance to his housefue abordada por unos maleantes que le quitaron los anillos she was accosted by some muggers ( o youths etc) who stole her rings* * *
maleante adjetivo & mf criminal, thug, delinquent
'maleante' also found in these entries:
English:
villain
- marauder
* * *maleante♦ adjwicked♦ nmfcriminal* * *maleantem/f & adj criminal* * *maleante nmf: crook, thug
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.