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Italian
Etymology
Univerbation of mal + volere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mal.voˈle.re/
- Rhymes: -ere
- Hyphenation: mal‧vo‧lé‧re
Verb
malvolére (no present, no past historic, past participle malvolùto, no imperfect, no future, no subjunctive, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to dislike
Conjugation
- This is a defective verb and only the past participle (malvoluto) and present participle (malvolente) are used.
infinitive
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malvolére
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auxiliary verb
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avére
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gerund
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—
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present participle
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malvolènte
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past participle
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malvolùto
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person
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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io
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tu
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lui/lei, esso/essa
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noi
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voi
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loro, essi/esse
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present
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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imperfect
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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past historic
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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future
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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conditional
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io
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tu
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lui/lei, esso/essa
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noi
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voi
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loro, essi/esse
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present
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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subjunctive
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che io
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che tu
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che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa
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che noi
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che voi
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che loro, che essi/che esse
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present
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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imperfect
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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imperative
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—
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tu
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Lei
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noi
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voi
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Loro
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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negative imperative
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Noun
malvolere m (plural malvoleri)
- (uncommon) malevolence, ill will
1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Inferno [Hell], line 56; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 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
Further reading
- malvolere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana