Italian

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Etymology

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Compound of male (bad) +‎ andare (to go).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.lanˈda.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lan‧dà‧re

Verb

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  This Italian verb needs to be reviewed and cleaned up.
The definition(s) may be wrong or misleading, and important senses may be missing. The specified auxiliary may also be wrong. The remainder of the conjugation is probably correct for -are verbs but may be wrong in some particulars for -ire verbs (especially the present participle).

malandàre (no present, no past historic, no past participle, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative) (rare, intransitive)

  1. to end badly
  2. to be ruined

Conjugation

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  • Used only the infinitive. A past participle malandato exists but is only used adjectivally.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • malandare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • malandare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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