cattivo
Italian
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin captīvus (“captive” → “caught by the devil” → “bad”). Compare the semantic development of French chétif (“puny, scrawny”) and Galician cativo.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Italian) IPA(key): /katˈti.vo/
Audio (female reader): (file) Audio (male speaker): (file) - Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: cat‧tì‧vo
Adjective
editcattivo (feminine cattiva, masculine plural cattivi, feminine plural cattive, superlative cattivissimo, diminutive cattivèllo or cattivétto or cattivùccio, augmentative (usually jocular) cattivóne m (noun) or cattivóna f, pejorative cattivàccio)
Derived terms
editSee also
editNoun
editcattivo m (plural cattivi, feminine cattiva)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- cattivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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