malpaís

== English == === Noun === malpaís (plural malpaíses) Alternative form of malpais. === Anagrams === impalas == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish malpaís. Equivalent to mal (“bad”) +‎ país (“country”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [məl.pəˈis] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [mal.paˈis] === Noun === malpaís m (plural malpaïsos) malpais (badlands of volcaniclastic formation) === Further reading === “malpaís”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From mal (“bad”) + país (“land, country”). Compare Sicilian Malupassu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /malpaˈis/ [mal.paˈis] Rhymes: -is Syllabification: mal‧pa‧ís === Noun === malpaís m (plural malpaíses) akin to badlands, but of volcaniclastic origin (geology) karst Synonym: karst === Further reading === “malpaís”, 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