malo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "malo"

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of malolactic.

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.

See also

• malo animo (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• AMLO, loma, loam, LMAO, mola, Loma, lmao, MOAL

Asturian

Adjective

malo

1. neuter of malu

Bariai

Noun

malo

1. cloth

References

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• mawo

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧lo

Noun

malo

1. (botany) the stamen

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish malo (“bad”).

Adjective

malo

1. bad; evil

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɽó/

Noun

maló class 6

1. place

Derived terms

• m'malo mwa

Dyula

Noun

malo

1. (uncooked) rice
2. (botany) rice plant, Oryza sativa

See also

• malobaga
• malobɔɔrɔ
• maloforo
• malogosilan
• malokala
• malokini
• malokisɛ
• malosɛnɛla
• kini
• ɲɛɲɛkini

Esperanto

Etymology

From mal- +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [ˈmalo]
• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: 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 (feminine mala, masculine plural malos, feminine plural malas)

1. bad

   Antonym: bo

Related terms

• mal

Gothic

Romanization

malō

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉

Italian

Etymology

From Latin malus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.lo/
• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: mà‧lo

Adjective

malo (feminine 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

• malaffare
• malalingua
• malamente
• malasanità
• malaugurio
• malavita
• malcostume
• malessere
• malocchio

Related terms

• male
• malizia

Anagrams

• Mola, almo, lamo, mola

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish malo (“bad”).

Adjective

malo

1. bad

   Synonym: negro

Latin

Etymology 1

From magis +‎ volō, literally "I more greatly wish for".

Alternative forms

• māvolō (Old Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.loː/, [ˈmäːɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.lo/, [ˈmäːlo]

Verb

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

1. to prefer, want more or instead

   Synonyms: antevertō, anteferō, praeoptō, praepōnō, praeferō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mālō (irregular conjugation, suppletive, no passive, no imperative, no gerund)

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		māluēre, māluērunt
	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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		mālle			—			mālēns			—
perfect		māluisse			—			—			—

Descendants

• >? Old French: maloir

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.loː/, [ˈmäɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.lo/, [ˈmäːlo]

Adjective

malō

1. masculine/neuter dative/ablative singular of malus

Etymology 3

Inflected form of mālus (“apple tree”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.loː/, [ˈmäːɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.lo/, [ˈmäːlo]

Noun

mālō

1. dative/ablative singular of mālus

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• malo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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
    

Middle English

Noun

malo

1. Alternative form of malwe

Nafaanra

Etymology

From areal word. Compare Dyula malo, Ewe mɔlu, Wolof malo.

Noun

malo

1. rice

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)

Adjective

malo

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of mal

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalɔ]

Participle

malo

1. neuter singular l-participle of mať

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /màːlɔ/
• Hyphenation: ma‧lo

Adverb

málo (comparative mȁnj, superlative nȁjmȁnj)

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

Related terms

• malobeseden
• malodušen
• malokdaj
• malokdo

Further reading

• “malo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “malo”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin malus. Cognate with Ladino malo, Italian malo, Galician mao, Portuguese mau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalo/ [ˈma.lo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: ma‧lo

Adjective

malo (feminine mala, masculine plural malos, feminine plural malas, superlative malísimo or pésimo)

1. bad

   Antonym: bueno

2. evil, mean

   Antonym: bueno

3. sick

   Antonyms: aliviado, mejorado

Declension

• Comparative: peor
• Superlatives: malísimo, pésimo

Derived terms

• a la mala
• a mala verdad
• a malas penas
• alfil malo
• andar en malos pasos
• bola mala
• culo de mal asiento
• dar mala espina
• dar un mal paso
• de mal abrigo
• de mal aire
• de mal arte
• de mal en peor
• de mal grado
• de mal tono
• de mal vivir
• de mala digestión
• de mala muerte
• de mala vida
• de malas
• en hora mala
• en mala hora
• lo malo es que
• mal genio
• mal humor
• mal trago
• mala acción
• mala conciencia
• mala fama
• mala fe
• mala gente
• mala hierba
• mala hostia
• mala idea
• mala leche
• mala mujer
• mala onda
• mala palabra
• mala pasada
• mala pata
• mala racha
• mala sangre
• mala suerte
• mala voluntad
• malas artes
• malas lenguas
• malos tratos
• más malo que un dolor
• más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer
• poli bueno poli malo
• poner mala voz
• por la mala
• por las buenas o por las malas
• por las malas
• por las malas o por las buenas
• por malas
• soplan malos vientos
• tener mala cabeza

Related terms

• mal
• maleza
• malicia

Descendants

• Chavacano: malo
• Papiamentu: malu
• →⇒ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mölojti̱c

Noun

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

1. bad guy; baddie; bad boy; bad person

Derived terms

• más lento que el caballo del malo

Further reading

• “malo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈma.lo]

Verb

malo

1. (impersonal) to not exist

   bira malo ― there is no rice/rice does not exist

   ngogu malo toma hito ― there is no food in the kitchen

2. (impersonal) to not have

   ngori pipi malo ― I have no money (literally, “there is no money of mine”)

3. (intransitive) to not exist

   nyao imalo toma hito ― there is no fish in the kitchen

   mina momalo toma fala ― she is not at home

Usage notes

This word negates the verb of existence sema. In impersonal usage (unlike sema), malo generally follows the object of the sentence; in intransitive usage, malo follows the subject and precedes the object. To negate the transitive usage of sema, the impersonal form of malo is used.

Conjugation

Conjugation of malo

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tomalo	fomalo	mimalo
2nd person		nomalo	nimalo
3rd person	masculine	omalo	imalo yomalo (archaic)
	feminine	momalo
	neuter	imalo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Venda

Numeral

malo

1. eight

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maləm (“night, darkness”), most likely via borrowing from a Bungku–Tolaki language.

Noun

malo

1. night

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris