maligno

See also: malignò

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish maligno.

Noun

maligno

1. evil spirit

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈliɲ.ɲo/
• Rhymes: -iɲɲo
• Hyphenation: ma‧lì‧gno

Etymology 1

From Latin malignus.

Adjective

maligno (feminine maligna, masculine plural maligni, feminine plural maligne)

1. spiteful, malicious
2. evil, impish, wicked
3. (oncology) malignant

   Antonym: benigno

Related terms

• malignamente
• malignare
• malignità

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maligno

1. first-person singular present indicative of malignare

Anagrams

• mignola

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈliɡ.noː/, [mäˈlʲɪŋnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈliɲ.ɲo/, [mäˈliɲːo]

Verb

malignō (present infinitive malignāre, perfect active malignāvī, supine malignātum); first conjugation

1. to malign
2. to act viciously

Conjugation

Conjugation of malignō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	malignō	malignās	malignat	malignāmus	malignātis	malignant
	imperfect	malignābam	malignābās	malignābat	malignābāmus	malignābātis	malignābant
	future	malignābō	malignābis	malignābit	malignābimus	malignābitis	malignābunt
	perfect	malignāvī	malignāvistī	malignāvit	malignāvimus	malignāvistis	malignāvērunt, malignāvēre
	pluperfect	malignāveram	malignāverās	malignāverat	malignāverāmus	malignāverātis	malignāverant
	future perfect	malignāverō	malignāveris	malignāverit	malignāverimus	malignāveritis	malignāverint
passive	present	malignor	malignāris, malignāre	malignātur	malignāmur	malignāminī	malignantur
	imperfect	malignābar	malignābāris, malignābāre	malignābātur	malignābāmur	malignābāminī	malignābantur
	future	malignābor	malignāberis, malignābere	malignābitur	malignābimur	malignābiminī	malignābuntur
	perfect	malignātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	malignātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	malignātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	malignem	malignēs	malignet	malignēmus	malignētis	malignent
	imperfect	malignārem	malignārēs	malignāret	malignārēmus	malignārētis	malignārent
	perfect	malignāverim	malignāverīs	malignāverit	malignāverīmus	malignāverītis	malignāverint
	pluperfect	malignāvissem	malignāvissēs	malignāvisset	malignāvissēmus	malignāvissētis	malignāvissent
passive	present	maligner	malignēris, malignēre	malignētur	malignēmur	malignēminī	malignentur
	imperfect	malignārer	malignārēris, malignārēre	malignārētur	malignārēmur	malignārēminī	malignārentur
	perfect	malignātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	malignātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	malignā	—	—	malignāte	—
	future	—	malignātō	malignātō	—	malignātōte	malignantō
passive	present	—	malignāre	—	—	malignāminī	—
	future	—	malignātor	malignātor	—	—	malignantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		malignāre	malignāvisse	malignātūrum esse	malignārī	malignātum esse	malignātum īrī
participles		malignāns	—	malignātūrus	—	malignātus	malignandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		malignandī	malignandō	malignandum	malignandō	malignātum	malignātū

Adjective

malignō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of malignus

References

• “maligno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maligno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• malino (poetic, obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese maligno, borrowed from Latin malignus (“malignant”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈli.ɡi.nu/, /maˈliɡ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈli.ɡi.nu/, /maˈliɡ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈliɡ.no/, /maˈli.ɡi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈli.ɡnu/ [mɐˈli.ɣnu]

• Hyphenation: ma‧lig‧no

Adjective

maligno (feminine maligna, masculine plural malignos, feminine plural malignas)

1. malign; malignant; evil
2. (oncology) malignant (tending to produce death)

   Antonym: benigno

3. (Christianity) often preceded by "o"; an epithet for the Devil

   Isto é obra do maligno. ― This is a doing of the Devil.

Derived terms

• malignamente

Related terms

• malignidade

Further reading

• “maligno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin malignus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈliɡno/ [maˈliɣ̞.no]
• Rhymes: -iɡno
• Syllabification: ma‧lig‧no

Adjective

maligno (feminine maligna, masculine plural malignos, feminine plural malignas)

1. malicious, malevolent
2. (oncology) malignant

   Antonym: benigno

Derived terms

• ántrax maligno
• espíritu maligno (“evil spirit, demon, ghoul”)
• malignamente

 

Related terms

• malignidad

 

Noun

maligno m (plural malignos)

1. the evil one (idiomatic for the devil)

Further reading

• “maligno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28