Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Univerbation of mal +‎ volere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mal.voˈle.re/
  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: mal‧vo‧lé‧re

Verb

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malvolére (no present, no past historic, past participle malvolùto, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to dislike

Conjugation

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  • This is a defective verb and only the past participle (malvoluto) and present participle (malvolente) are used.

Noun

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malvolere m (plural malvoleri)

  1. (uncommon) malevolence, ill will
    • mid 1300smid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎[1], line 56; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎[2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      ché dove l'argomento de la mente
      s'aggiugne al mal volere e a la possa,
      nessun riparo vi può far la gente.
      For where the instrument of the mind joins together with ill will and might, there's no shelter people can take against it.

See also

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Further reading

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  • malvolere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana