malvolere

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Italian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Univerbation of mal +‎ volere.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

malvolére (no present, no past historic, past participle malvolùto, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to dislike

Conjugation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

malvolere m (plural malvoleri)

  1. (uncommon) malevolence, ill will
    • mid 1300smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], line 56; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. 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.

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Further reading[edit]

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