maldición

/maldiˈθjon/ · A2 · noun · f

curse

mal + dición = bad + saying; English malediction is the same word

From Latin maledictio: male (badly) + dicere (to say). A curse is literally a bad-saying. Its opposite is bendición (blessing) = bien + dición, a good-saying. Shouted alone, ¡Maldición! means Curses! or Damn!

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