malo

See also: Malo, málo, and mało

English

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

malo (uncountable)

  1. (informal) malolactic fermentation
    • 2009, Joseph LaVilla, The Wine, Beer, and Spirits Handbook
      Allowing a wine to undergo malo also protects it from bacterial contamination later.

Etymology 2

Noun

malo (plural malos)

  1. A Hawaiian loincloth.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧lo

Noun

malo

  1. (botany) the stamen

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish malo (“bad”).

Adjective

malo

  1. bad; evil

Chichewa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ɽó/

Noun

maló class 6

  1. place

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

mal- +‎ -o

Noun

malo (accusative singular malon, plural maloj, accusative plural malojn)

  1. opposite

Galician

Alternative forms

  • mal (masculine singular, before the noun)
  • mao

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Adjective

malo m (feminine singular mala, masculine plural malos, feminine plural malas)

  1. bad

Antonyms

Gothic

Romanization

malō

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉

Italian

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmalo/, [ˈmaː.l̺o]
  • Hyphenation: mà‧lo
  • Rhymes: -alo

Adjective

malo (feminine singular mala, masculine plural mali, feminine plural male)

  1. (archaic) bad, evil, wicked
    Synonym: cattivo
    Antonym: buono
  2. (archaic) unfit, incompetent, inadequate

Usage notes

In modern usage displaced by cattivo, but still used in some set phrases.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of malus (“bad, evil”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

malō

  1. masculine dative singular of malus
  2. masculine ablative singular of malus
  3. neuter dative singular of malus
  4. neuter ablative singular of malus

Etymology 2

Inflected form of mālus (“apple tree”).

Noun

mālō

  1. dative singular of mālus
  2. ablative singular of mālus

Etymology 3

From magis + volō ("I more greatly wish for").

Pronunciation

Verb

mālō (present infinitive mālle, perfect active māluī); irregular conjugation, no passive

  1. I prefer, want more or instead.
Inflection
   Conjugation of malo (irregular, no imperatives)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mālō māvīs māvult mālumus māvultis mālunt
imperfect mālēbam mālēbās mālēbat mālēbāmus mālēbātis mālēbant
future mālam mālēs mālet mālēmus mālētis mālent
perfect māluī māluistī māluit māluimus māluistis māluērunt, māluēre
pluperfect mālueram māluerās māluerat māluerāmus māluerātis māluerant
future perfect māluerō mālueris māluerit māluerimus mālueritis māluerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present mālim mālīs mālit mālīmus mālītis mālint
imperfect māllem māllēs māllet māllēmus māllētis māllent
perfect māluerim māluerīs māluerit māluerīmus māluerītis māluerint
pluperfect māluissem māluissēs māluisset māluissēmus māluissētis māluissent
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives mālle māluisse — — — —
participles — — — — — —

References

  • malo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • malo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • malo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • malo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
    • (ambiguous) to be hard pressed by misfortune: malis urgeri
    • (ambiguous) moral science; ethics: philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputatur
    • (ambiguous) to take a thing in good (bad) part: in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquid

Samoan

Noun

malo

  1. government

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mâlo/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lo

Adverb

mȁlo (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ло) (+ genitive case)

  1. little, few, some
  2. slightly, somewhat, vaguely (to a small but perceptible degree)
  3. barely, hardly (anyone, anywhere)

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mâlo/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧lo

Adverb

mâlo (comparative mânj, superlative nàjmânj)

  1. (countable) few
  2. (uncountable) little
  3. a little
  4. hardly (anyone, anywhere)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmälo̞], /ˈmalo/

Adjective

malo (feminine singular mala, masculine plural malos, feminine plural malas)

  1. bad
  2. evil
  3. sick

Antonyms

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