In Bulgarian ZLORADSTVO (noun), nominalization from ZLORAD (adj), litterally "with bad joy", compound from ZLO 'bad' (adjective or adverb) + RADvam se 'to enjoy' (reflexive verb). Both noun and adjective refer exacly to "pleasure-with-other's-misfortune". Ludmila KEFALOVA CNRS-URA 1035 LanDisCo Université Nancy 2 e-mail : kefalova at clsh.u-nancy.fr