malbona

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-?

Proto-Italic *malos

Latin malus

Latin maleder.

Old French mal-

Middle French mal-

French mal-bor.

Esperanto mal-

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.?

Proto-Italic *dwenos

Old Latin duenos

Old Latin duonus

Latin bonusder.

Esperanto bona

Esperanto malbona

From mal- (“opposite of”) + bona (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malˈbona/

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• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: mal‧bo‧na
• Hyphenation: mal‧bona

Adjective

malbona (accusative singular malbonan, plural malbonaj, accusative plural malbonajn)

1. bad

Synonyms

• mava (literary)

Antonyms

• bona (“good”)

Hyponyms

• aĉa (“of poor quality”)
• fia (“vile”)
• malica (“evil, malicious”)
• misa (“failed, wrong, amiss”)

Derived terms

• malbonfaranto

Further reading

• “malbona”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “malbona”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Anagrams

• Malabon