malvolere

Italian

Alternative forms

• mal volere

Etymology

Univerbation of mal +‎ volere.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

    Conjugation of malvolére (-ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	malvolére
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		—
present participle		malvolènte	past participle		malvolùto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
past historic	—	—	—	—	—	—
future	—	—	—	—	—	—
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	—	—	—	—
negative imperative		—	—	—	—	—

Noun

malvolere m (plural malvoleri)

1. (uncommon) malevolence, ill will
   • 1300s–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], 2^nd 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.

See also

• volere male

Further reading

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