pravo

See also: právo and prāvo

Italian

Etymology

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From Latin prāvus (“depraved” ← “deformed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpra.vo/, [ˈpr̺äːvo̞]
• Hyphenation: prà‧vo
• Rhymes: -avo

Adjective

(archaic, literary)

1. depraved, evil, wicked

   Synonyms: cattivo, dannato, maligno, malo, malvagio, nequitoso

   Antonyms: benigno, buono, onesto, probo, retto

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto III, pages 41–42, lines 82–84:

     Ed ecco verso noi venir per nave ¶ un vecchio, bianco per antico pelo, ¶ gridando: «Guai a voi, anime prave! […] »

     And lo! towards us coming in a boat ¶ an old man, hoary with the hair of eld, ¶ crying: "Woe unto you, ye souls depraved!"

   • 1831, Giacomo Leopardi, Paralipomeni della Batracomiomachia [Paralipomena of the Batrachomyomachia]‎^[1], Paris, published 1842, Canto I, page 13:

     Molte genti provàr dure vicende, ¶ e prave diventàr per lungo affanno;

     Many people went through hard tribulations ¶ and became wicked because of the long affliction

2. (by extension) cruel, merciless, ruthless

   Synonyms: crudele, spietato

   Antonyms: compassionevole, misericordioso, pietoso

   • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo d'Amore [Triumph of Love]”, in I trionfi [The Triumphs]‎^[2], Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 1997, lines 40–42:

     Poi vedi come Amor crudele e pravo ¶ vince Davit e sforzalo a far l’opra ¶ onde poi pianga in loco oscuro e cavo.

     See then how love, vicious and cruel ¶ overcame David, leading him to a sin ¶ he was to weep for in a dark retreat.

Derived terms

• pravamente

Related terms

• pravità

Noun

pravo m (plural pravi)

1. A wicked or evil person (male)
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XIX, page 288, lines 103–105:

     io userei parole ancor più gravi; ¶ ché la vostra avarizia il mondo attrista, ¶ calcando i buoni e sollevando i pravi.

     I would make use of words more grievous still; ¶ because your avarice afflicts the world, ¶ trampling the good and lifting the depraved.

   • Synonyms: cattivo, malvagio
   • Antonym: buono

Anagrams

• prova

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) prāvō

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From prȁv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prâʋo/
• Hyphenation: pra‧vo

Adverb

prȁvo (Cyrillic spelling пра̏во)

1. straight
2. correctly, rightly
3. justly
4. strictly

See also

• lijevo
• desno

Etymology 2

Morphologically from prȁv, a calque of German Recht and French droit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prǎːʋo/
• Hyphenation: pra‧vo

Noun

právo n (Cyrillic spelling пра́во)

1. right
2. law
3. jurisprudence

Declension

Declension of pravo

	singular	plural
nominative	pravo	prava
genitive	prava	prava
dative	pravu	pravima
accusative	pravo	prava
vocative	pravo	prava
locative	pravu	pravima
instrumental	pravom	pravima

Derived terms

• prȁvosūdnī
• prȁvosūđe
• prȃvnī
• prȃvnīk

 

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /práːʋɔ/

Noun

prȃvo n

1. law

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	právo
gen. sing.	práva
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	právo	právi	práva
genitive (rodȋlnik)	práva	práv	práv
dative (dajȃlnik)	právu	právoma	právom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	právo	právi	práva
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	právu	právih	právih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	právom	právoma	právi

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Spanish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Latin prāvus (“depraved” ← “deformed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾabo/ [ˈpɾa.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -avo

Adjective

pravo (feminine prava, masculine plural pravos, feminine plural pravas) (superlative pravísimo)

1. wicked, immoral, depraved

Related terms

• pravedad