malévolo
See also: malevolo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin malevolus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈlɛ.vo.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈlɛ.vo.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈlɛ.vu.lu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈlɛ.bu.lu/ [mɐˈlɛ.βu.lu]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛvulu
- Hyphenation: ma‧lé‧vo‧lo
Adjective
malévolo (feminine malévola, masculine plural malévolos, feminine plural malévolas)
- malevolent (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
- Antonym: benévolo
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlebolo/ [maˈle.β̞o.lo]
- Rhymes: -ebolo
- Syllabification: ma‧lé‧vo‧lo
Adjective
malévolo (feminine malévola, masculine plural malévolos, feminine plural malévolas)
Further reading
- “malévolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024