malo

See also: Malo, málo, and mało

Contents

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of malolactic.

Noun

malo (uncountable)

1. (informal) malolactic fermentation
   • 2009, Joseph LaVilla, The Wine, Beer, and Spirits Handbook

     Allowing a wine to undergo malo also protects it from bacterial contamination later.

Etymology 2

Noun

malo (plural malos)

1. A Hawaiian loincloth.

Anagrams

• AMLO, LMAO, lmao, loam, loma, mola

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Bariai

Noun

malo

1. cloth

References

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• mawo

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧lo

Noun

malo

1. (botany) the stamen

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Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish malo (“bad”).

Adjective

malo

1. bad; evil

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Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɽó/

Noun

maló class 6

1. place

Derived terms

• m'malo mwa

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Esperanto

Etymology

From mal- +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalo/
• Hyphenation: mal‧o
• Rhymes: -alo

Noun

malo (accusative singular malon, plural maloj, accusative plural malojn)

1. opposite

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Galician

Alternative forms

• mal (masculine singular, before the noun)
• mao

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Adjective

malo m (feminine singular mala, masculine plural malos, feminine plural malas)

1. bad

   Antonym: bo

Related terms

• mal

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Gothic

Romanization

malō

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalo/, [ˈmaː.l̺o]
• Hyphenation: mà‧lo
• Rhymes: -alo

Adjective

malo (feminine singular mala, masculine plural mali, feminine plural male)

1. (archaic) bad, evil, wicked

   Synonym: cattivo

   Antonym: buono

2. (archaic) unfit, incompetent, inadequate

Usage notes

In modern usage displaced by cattivo, but still used in some set phrases.

Derived terms

• malalingua

Related terms

• male
• malizia

 

Anagrams

• almo, mola

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Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of malus (“bad, evil”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.loː/

Adjective

malō

1. masculine dative singular of malus
2. masculine ablative singular of malus
3. neuter dative singular of malus
4. neuter ablative singular of malus

Etymology 2

Inflected form of mālus (“apple tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.loː/, [ˈmaː.ɫoː]

Noun

mālō

1. dative singular of mālus
2. ablative singular of mālus

Etymology 3

From magis + volō ("I more greatly wish for").

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.loː/

Verb

mālō (present infinitive mālle, perfect active māluī); irregular conjugation, no passive

1. I prefer, want more or instead

Inflection

Conjugation of malo (irregular, no imperatives)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mālō	māvīs	māvult	mālumus	māvultis	mālunt
	imperfect	mālēbam	mālēbās	mālēbat	mālēbāmus	mālēbātis	mālēbant
	future	mālam	mālēs	mālet	mālēmus	mālētis	mālent
	perfect	māluī	māluistī	māluit	māluimus	māluistis	māluērunt, māluēre
	pluperfect	mālueram	māluerās	māluerat	māluerāmus	māluerātis	māluerant
	future perfect	māluerō	mālueris	māluerit	māluerimus	mālueritis	māluerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mālim	mālīs	mālit	mālīmus	mālītis	mālint
	imperfect	māllem	māllēs	māllet	māllēmus	māllētis	māllent
	perfect	māluerim	māluerīs	māluerit	māluerimus	mālueritis	māluerint
	pluperfect	māluissem	māluissēs	māluisset	māluissēmus	māluissētis	māluissent
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mālle	māluisse	—	—	—	—
participles		—	—	—	—	—	—

References

• malo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• malo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• malo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• malo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be hard pressed by misfortune: malis urgeri
    
  • (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
    
  • (ambiguous) to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid
    

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Samoan

Noun

malo

1. government

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâlo/
• Hyphenation: ma‧lo

Adverb

mȁlo (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ло) (+ genitive case)

1. little, few, some
2. slightly, somewhat, vaguely (to a small but perceptible degree)
3. barely, hardly (anyone, anywhere)

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâlo/
• Hyphenation: ma‧lo

Adverb

mâlo (comparative mânj, superlative nàjmânj)

1. (countable) few
2. (uncountable) little
3. a little
4. hardly (anyone, anywhere)

Related terms

• malobeseden
• malodušen
• malokdaj
• malokdo

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalo/

Adjective

malo (feminine singular mala, masculine plural malos, feminine plural malas)

1. bad

   Antonym: bueno

2. evil

   Antonym: bueno

3. sick

   Antonyms: aliviado, mejorado

Declension

• Comparative: peor
• Superlatives: malísimo, pésimo

Related terms

• mal
• maleza
• malicia