malandra

Italian

Etymology

From Latin malandria (blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈlan.dra/
  • Rhymes: -andra
  • Hyphenation: ma‧làn‧dra

Noun

malandra f (plural malandre)

  1. (veterinary medicine) malanders, a scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the foreleg of a horse

Further reading

  • malandra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈlɐ̃.dɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈlɐ̃.dɾa/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾɐ

Noun

malandra f (plural malandras)

  1. female equivalent of malandro

Verb

malandra

  1. inflection of malandrar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈlandɾa/ [maˈlãn̪.d̪ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -andɾa
  • Syllabification: ma‧lan‧dra

Noun

malandra f (plural malandras)

  1. female equivalent of malandro, a certain type of delinquent or thug

Further reading

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