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maldecir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bane noun A person or thing that causes constant trouble or ruin.
  • curse noun A spell or supernatural force believed to bring harm or bad luck.
  • damn interjection Used to express anger, frustration, or surprise.
  • drat intj Used to express mild annoyance or frustration.
  • swear verb To make a solemn promise or formal declaration, often under oath.

Senses

maldecir is used for these senses in English:

  • bane (figurative) To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).
  • curse (transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
  • curse To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
  • curse To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
  • damn To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
  • damn (sometimes, vulgar) To curse; put a curse upon.
  • drat (transitive) To damn or curse.
  • swear (ambitransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.

curse — full definition

  1. noun A spell or supernatural force believed to bring harm or bad luck.
  2. noun A rude or offensive word used to express anger.
  3. verb To wish harm on someone, or to swear angrily.

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