malvolere

Italian

Alternative forms
  • mal volere

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)

  1. (transitive) to dislike

Conjugation
  • This is a defective verb and only the past participle (malvoluto) and present participle (malvolente) are used.
    Conjugation of malvolére (-ere; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive malvolére
auxiliary verb avére gerund —
present participle malvolènte past participle malvolùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
past historic — — — — — —
future — — — — — —
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present — — — — — —
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present — — — — — —
imperfect — — — — — —
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
— — — — —
negative imperative — — — — —

Noun

malvolere m (plural malvoleri)

  1. (uncommon) malevolence, ill will
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto XXXI”, in Inferno, line 56:
      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
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