malvolere

Italian

Alternative forms

  • mal volere

Etymology

Univerbation of mal + volere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mal.voˈle.re/
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: mal‧vo‧lé‧re

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (transitive) to dislike

Conjugation

  • This is a defective verb and only the past participle (malvoluto) and present participle (malvolente) are used.

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

malvolere m (plural malvoleri)

  1. (uncommon) malevolence, ill will
    • 1314, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Inferno, line 56; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata, 2nd revised edition, Florence: Casa Editrice Le Lettere, 1994:
      ché dove l'argomento de la mente
      s'aggiugne al mal volere e a la possa,
      nessun riparo vi può far la gente.
      For where the instrument of the mind joins together with ill will and might, there's no shelter people can take against it.

See also

Further reading

  • malvolere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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