maleza
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin malitia. Doublet of malicia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /maˈleθa/ [maˈle.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /maˈlesa/ [maˈle.sa]
- Rhymes: -eθa
- Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: ma‧le‧za
Noun
[edit]maleza f (plural malezas)
- underbrush
- Synonym: (Mexico, Dominican Republic) monte
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela) weed (plant regarded as unwanted)
- Synonym: mala hierba
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “maleza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eθa
- Rhymes:Spanish/eθa/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/esa
- Rhymes:Spanish/esa/3 syllables
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