malifeta

Catalan

Etymology

Back-formation from malifetes, an alteration of earlier malesfetes, a calque of Latin mala facta, from malus (“bad”) and factus (“done”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌma.liˈfe.tə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˌma.liˈfe.ta]

Noun

malifeta f (plural malifetes)

mischief, prank
Synonyms: maldat, pillada

Further reading

“malifeta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“malifeta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“malifeta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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