maleducato

Italian

Alternative forms

  • mal educato (alternative spelling)

Etymology

male (“badly”) +‎ educato (“educated”). Compare Piedmontese maleducà.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.le.duˈka.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: ma‧le‧du‧cà‧to

Adjective

maleducato (feminine maleducata, masculine plural maleducati, feminine plural maleducate, superlative maleducatissimo)

  1. ill-bred, ill-mannered, bad-mannered, rude, impolite

Derived terms

Noun

maleducato m (plural maleducati, feminine maleducata)

  1. an ill-mannered or rude person

References

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