malévolo

See also: malevolo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin malevolus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɛ.vo.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɛ.vo.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈlɛ.vu.lu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈlɛ.bu.lu/ [mɐˈlɛ.βu.lu]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛvulu
Hyphenation: ma‧lé‧vo‧lo

Adjective

malévolo (feminine malévola, masculine plural malévolos, feminine plural malévolas)

malevolent (having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others)
Antonym: benévolo

Related terms

mal

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin malevolus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈlebolo/ [maˈle.β̞o.lo]
Rhymes: -ebolo
Syllabification: ma‧lé‧vo‧lo

Adjective

malévolo (feminine malévola, masculine plural malévolos, feminine plural malévolas)

malicious, evil
Synonyms: maleado, maleante, maligno, malintencionado

Further reading

“malévolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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