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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmangelhaft
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mangelhaft
"Die Lieferung war leider sehr mangelhaft."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Characterized by poor quality, imperfection, or a flawed, roughly constructed nature.
"The artisan rejected the mauloso artifact because it failed to meet quality standards." - 2
Describing someone or something mischievous, tricky, or of questionable reliability.
"He had a mauloso grin that warned everyone he was up to no good."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Spanish regional or slang contexts combining expressive morphology, 'mahl-oo-so' represents a phonetic transliteration of 'mauloso' or 'malozo', denoting something flawed, rough, or badly made. It reflects colloquial Iberian and Latin American language dynamics where suffixes are creatively adapted to describe defective qualities.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mauloso" is said worldwide
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défectueux
Transliteration: defektueux
"Le produit est arrivé dans un état défectueux."
mangelhaft
Transliteration: mangelhaft
"Die Lieferung war leider sehr mangelhaft."
difettoso
Transliteration: difettoso
"Ho trovato un pezzo difettoso nella scatola."
mauloso
Transliteration: mauloso
"El mueble viejo y mauloso se rompió al sentarse."
defeituoso
Transliteration: defeituoso
"O equipamento veio com um funcionamento defeituoso."
दोषपूर्ण
Transliteration: doshpurna
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"यह उत्पाद दोषपूर्ण प्रतीत होता है।"
有缺陷的
Transliteration: yǒu quēxiàn de
Script: 中文汉字
"这个机器有一个有缺陷的零件。"
결함이 있는
Transliteration: gyeolhami inneun
Script: 한국어 한글
"그 물건은 결함이 있는 상태로 도착했다."
欠陥のある
Transliteration: kekkan no aru
Script: 日本語
"その装置には欠陥のある部品が含まれていた。"
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