malicia

f.

1 malice.

2 sharpness, alertness.

3 slyness, cattiness, cunning.

4 suspicion, mistrust.

5 mischievousness, naughtiness.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: maliciar.

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malicia

► nombre femenino

1 (mala intención) malice

2 (maldad) evil, maliciousness

3 (astucia) slyness, craftiness, cunning

■ para triunfar hay que tener un poco de malicia to get ahead you have to be a bit crafty

4 (sospecha) suspicion

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FRASEOLOGÍA

decir algo con malicia to say something maliciously

hacer algo con malicia to do something with malice

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noun f.

1) malice, wickedness

2) cunning

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SF

1) (=mala intención) malice, spite

lo dije sin malicia — I said it without malice

2) (=picardía) [de persona] mischief; [de mirada] mischievousness; [de chiste] naughtiness

sonrió con malicia — she smiled mischievously

contó un chiste con mucha malicia — he told a very naughty joke

3) (=astucia) slyness, guile

el niño tiene demasiada malicia para su edad — that child is too knowing for his age

4) pl malicias (=sospechas) suspicions

tengo mis malicias — I have my suspicions

5) [de animal] viciousness

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femenino

a) (intención malévola) malice, malevolence

b) (picardía) mischief

es un chico sin ninguna malicia — he's completely without guile

con malicia — mischievously

c) (astucia) slyness

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= low cunning, mischievousness, ill will.

Ex. He smiled politely, but Bragge could not help but feel that his expression was one of low cunning.

Ex. The author discusses a range of children's fiction for the presence of mischievousness in the main characters = El autor examina la presencia de la travesura en los personajes principales de una variedad de literatura infantil.

Ex. On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.

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* sin malicia = guileless.

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femenino

a) (intención malévola) malice, malevolence

b) (picardía) mischief

es un chico sin ninguna malicia — he's completely without guile

con malicia — mischievously

c) (astucia) slyness

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= low cunning, mischievousness, ill will.

Ex: He smiled politely, but Bragge could not help but feel that his expression was one of low cunning.

Ex: The author discusses a range of children's fiction for the presence of mischievousness in the main characters = El autor examina la presencia de la travesura en los personajes principales de una variedad de literatura infantil.

Ex: On this theory, people are praiseworthy for acts of good will and blameworthy for acts of ill will or lack of good will.

* sin malicia = guileless.

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malicia

feminine

A

1 (intención malévola) malice, malevolence

lo dijo sin malicia he said it without malice

2 (picardía) mischief

es un chico sin ninguna malicia he's completely without guile

me guiñó con malicia he winked at me mischievously

tiene tan poca malicia que no se da cuenta de estas cosas she is so naive that she doesn't see these things

3 (astucia) slyness

B (Chi fam) (licor) shot of brandy ( o rum etc) (colloq)

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malicia sustantivo femenino

a) (intención malévola) malice, malevolence

b) (picardía) mischief

malicia sustantivo femenino
1 (picardía) cunning: me sonrió con malicia, she smiled at me maliciously
2 (mala intención) malice, maliciousness
con malicia, maliciously: la niña no lo hizo con malicia, she didn't do it out of malice
3 (tendencia a sospechar) malevolence
'malicia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
intención
- simple
- picardía
English:
leer
- mischief

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malicia nf

1. [mala intención] malice;

fue una decisión tomada con mucha malicia it was a thoroughly malicious decision

2. [astucia, agudeza] cunning, craftiness;

a este niño le falta malicia the boy needs to wise up

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malicia

f

1 (mala intención) malice;

no tener malicia fam be very naive

2 (astucia) cunning, slyness

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malicia nf

1) : wickedness, malice

2) : mischief, naughtiness

3) : cunning, craftiness