malevolente
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin malevolentem, from male (“badly, wrongly”) + volēns (“willing, wishing”), from volō (“to wish”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.le.voˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.le.voˈlẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.lɨ.vuˈlẽ.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.lɨ.buˈlẽ.tɨ/ [mɐ.lɨ.βuˈlẽ.tɨ]
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): [ˌmalevoˈlẽti]
Adjective
malevolente m or f (plural malevolentes)
- malevolent
- Synonyms: malévolo, maléfico, maldoso, mal-intencionado
- Antonym: benevolente
Related terms
- malevolentemente
Further reading
- “malevolente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “malevolente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026