malo

See also málo, and mało

English

Noun

malo (uncountable)

1. (informal) malolactic fermentation
   • 2009, Joseph LaVilla, The Wine, Beer, and Spirits Handbook

     Allowing a wine to undergo malo also protects it from bacterial contamination later.

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Esperanto

Noun

malo (plural maloj, accusative singular malon, accusative plural malojn)

1. opposite

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Gothic

Romanization

malō

1. See 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Adjective

malo m (feminine mala, masculine plural mali, feminine plural male)

1. bad

Related terms

• male

Anagrams

• almo
• mola

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Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of malus (“bad, evil”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈma.loː/

Adjective

malō

1. masculine dative singular of malus
2. masculine ablative singular of malus
3. neuter dative singular of malus
4. neuter ablative singular of malus

Etymology 2

From magis volō (“I wish for more”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈmaː.loː/

Verb

present active mālō, present infinitive mālle, perfect active māluī. (irregular; no passive)

1. I prefer, want more or instead.

Inflection

Irregular conjugation.

    Irregular

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mālō	māvīs	māvult	mālumus	māvultis	mālunt
	future	mālam	mālēs	mālet	mālēmus	mālētis	mālent
	imperfect	mālēbam	mālēbās	mālēbat	mālēbāmus	mālēbātis	mālēbant
	perfect	māluī	māluistī	māluit	māluimus	māluistis	māluērunt
	future perfect	māluerō	mālueris	māluerit	māluerimus	mālueritis	māluerint
	pluperfect	mālueram	māluerās	māluerat	māluerāmus	māluerātis	māluerant
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mālim	mālīs	mālit	mālīmus	mālītis	mālint
	imperfect	māllem	māllēs	māllet	māllēmus	māllētis	māllent
	perfect	māluerim	māluerīs	māluerit	māluerīmus	māluerītis	māluerint
	pluperfect	māluissem	māluissēs	māluisset	māluissēmus	māluissētis	māluissent
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	—	—	—	—	—	—
	plural	—	—	—	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mālle	māluisse	—	—	—	—
participles		—	—	—	—	—	—

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Samoan

Noun

malo

1. government

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mâlo/
• Hyphenation: ma‧lo

Adverb

mȁlo (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ло)

1. a little, few, some
2. hardly (anyone, anywhere)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmälo̞], /ˈmalo/

Etymology

From Latin malus

Adjective

malo m (feminine mala, masculine plural malos, feminine plural malas)

1. bad
2. evil
3. sick

Antonyms

• (bad, evil): bueno
• (sick): aliviado, mejorado

Related terms

• mal
• (comparatives): peor
• (superlatives): malísimo, pésimo