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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan malvatz, from Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /malˈva.d͡ʒo/
- Rhymes: -adʒo
- Hyphenation: mal‧và‧gio
Adjective
malvagio (feminine malvagia, masculine plural malvagi, feminine plural malvagie or malvage)
- wicked, malign
- malicious
- bad
- Synonym: cattivo
- Antonym: buono
Derived terms
Noun
malvagio m (plural malvagi, feminine malvagia)
- a wicked person
References
- malvagio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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