malfido

Esperanto

Etymology

From mal- +‎ fido.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [malˈfido]
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: mal‧fi‧do

Noun

malfido (accusative singular malfidon, plural malfidoj, accusative plural malfidojn)

  1. distrust

Italian

Alternative forms
  • mal fido

Etymology

From Late Latin malefidus, from Latin male + fīdus. By surface analysis, mal- +‎ fido.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /malˈfi.do/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: mal‧fì‧do

Adjective

malfido (feminine malfida, masculine plural malfidi, feminine plural malfide)

  1. unreliable, untrustworthy
    Synonym: infido
    Antonyms: fido, fidato

Further reading
  • malfido in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • malfido in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • malfido in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • malfìdo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • malfido in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • malfìdo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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