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maledire

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin maledīcere (“to slander, curse”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.leˈdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ma‧le‧dì‧re

Verb

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maledìre (first-person singular present maledìco, first-person singular past historic maledìssi or (popular) maledìi, past participle maledétto, first-person singular imperfect maledicévo or (popular) maledìvo, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (transitive) to curse
  2. (intransitive, literary) to curse [with a] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • “maledire”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • “maledire”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026