malévolo

See also: malevolo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin malevolus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈlɛ.vo.lu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈlɛ.vu.lu/

• (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)

1. 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)

1. malicious, evil

   Synonyms: maleado, maleante, maligno, malintencionado

Further reading

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