maligno

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See also: malignò

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Etymology

Inherited from Spanish maligno.

Noun

maligno

  1. evil spirit

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈliɲ.ɲo/
  • Rhymes: -iɲɲo
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lì‧gno

Etymology 1

From Latin malignus.

Adjective

maligno (feminine maligna, masculine plural maligni, feminine plural maligne)

  1. spiteful, malicious
  2. evil, impish, wicked
  3. (oncology) malignant
    Antonym: benigno
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maligno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of malignare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

malignō (present infinitive malignāre, perfect active malignāvī, supine malignātum); first conjugation

  1. to malign
  2. to act viciously

Conjugation

   Conjugation of malignō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present malignō malignās malignat malignāmus malignātis malignant
imperfect malignābam malignābās malignābat malignābāmus malignābātis malignābant
future malignābō malignābis malignābit malignābimus malignābitis malignābunt
perfect malignāvī malignāvistī malignāvit malignāvimus malignāvistis malignāvērunt,
malignāvēre
pluperfect malignāveram malignāverās malignāverat malignāverāmus malignāverātis malignāverant
future perfect malignāverō malignāveris malignāverit malignāverimus malignāveritis malignāverint
passive present malignor malignāris,
malignāre 		malignātur malignāmur malignāminī malignantur
imperfect malignābar malignābāris,
malignābāre 		malignābātur malignābāmur malignābāminī malignābantur
future malignābor malignāberis,
malignābere 		malignābitur malignābimur malignābiminī malignābuntur
perfect malignātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect malignātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect malignātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present malignem malignēs malignet malignēmus malignētis malignent
imperfect malignārem malignārēs malignāret malignārēmus malignārētis malignārent
perfect malignāverim malignāverīs malignāverit malignāverīmus malignāverītis malignāverint
pluperfect malignāvissem malignāvissēs malignāvisset malignāvissēmus malignāvissētis malignāvissent
passive present maligner malignēris,
malignēre 		malignētur malignēmur malignēminī malignentur
imperfect malignārer malignārēris,
malignārēre 		malignārētur malignārēmur malignārēminī malignārentur
perfect malignātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect malignātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — malignā — — malignāte —
future — malignātō malignātō — malignātōte malignantō
passive present — malignāre — — malignāminī —
future — malignātor malignātor — — malignantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives malignāre malignāvisse malignātūrum esse malignārī malignātum esse malignātum īrī
participles malignāns — malignātūrus — malignātus malignandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
malignandī malignandō malignandum malignandō malignātum malignātū

Adjective

malignō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of malignus

References

  • “maligno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • maligno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese maligno, borrowed from Latin malignus (“malignant”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈli.ɡi.nu/, /maˈliɡ.nu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈliɡ.no/, /maˈli.ɡi.no/

  • Hyphenation: ma‧lig‧no

Adjective

maligno (feminine maligna, masculine plural malignos, feminine plural malignas)

  1. malign; malignant; evil
  2. (oncology) malignant (tending to produce death)
    Antonym: benigno
  3. (Christianity) often preceded by "o"; an epithet for the Devil
    Isto é obra do maligno. ― This is a doing of the Devil.

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin malignus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈliɡno/
  • Rhymes: -iɡno
  • Syllabification: ma‧lig‧no

Adjective

maligno (feminine maligna, masculine plural malignos, feminine plural malignas)

  1. malicious, malevolent
  2. (oncology) malignant
    Antonym: benigno

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

maligno m (plural malignos)

  1. the evil one (idiomatic for the devil)

Further reading

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