maledicencia

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin maledīcentia (“speaking badly of”), from maledīcō (“to speak badly of”). === Noun === maledicencia f (plural maledicencias) gossip, slander === See also === maleficencia === Further reading === “maledicencia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025