{"id":3196,"date":"2013-04-12T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2013-04-12T08:59:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T08:59:09","slug":"maleducato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/maleducato\/","title":{"rendered":"Maleducato"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago we looked at greetings, adjectives, nouns and idiomatic expressions constructed with the adverb bene<\/strong><\/font><\/a> <\/strong>(well\/good). Today we are going to look at words built with the opposite adverb male <\/strong>(badly):<\/p>\n

maleducato\/a\/i\/e<\/strong> \u2013 male <\/strong>plus educare <\/strong>(to educate) = badly-behaved, ill-mannered<\/font><\/em><\/font><\/em>: Giorgio \u00e8 un bambino proprio maleducato <\/strong>(Giorgio is a really badly-behaved child)<\/p>\n

malaccetto\/a\/i\/e \u2013 male<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus accettare<\/strong> (to accept) = unwelcome<\/font><\/em>: l\u2019offerta \u00e8 stata malaccetta<\/strong> (the offer was unwelcome)<\/p>\n

malintenzionato\/a\/i\/e \u2013 male<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus intenzionato<\/strong> (to have the intention) = immoral\/degenerate\/evil<\/font><\/em>: in questo quartiere ci sono molte persone malintenzionate<\/strong> (in this district there are many immoral\/degenerate\/evil people)<\/p>\n

maldestro\/a\/i\/e \u2013 male<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus destro<\/strong> (skilful) = awkward\/clumsy<\/font><\/em>: Giorgio \u00e8 sempre cos\u00ec maldestro col vino<\/strong> (Giorgio is always so awkward\/clumsy with the wine)<\/p>\n

\"degustatore<\/a><\/p>\n

malaugurato\/a\/i\/e \u2013 male<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus augurare<\/strong> (to cast an omen) = ill-fated<\/font><\/em>: \u00e8 stato un malaugurato<\/strong> incontro <\/strong>(it was an ill-fated meeting)<\/p>\n

malfermo\/a\/i\/e \u2013 male<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus fermo<\/strong> (still) = unstable<\/font><\/em>: la sedia ha le gambe malferme<\/strong> (the legs of the chair are unstable)<\/p>\n

malandato\/a\/i\/e \u2013 male <\/font><\/em><\/strong>plus andare<\/strong> (to go) = in bad shape<\/font><\/em>: quella macchina \u00e8 proprio malandata<\/strong> (that car is really in bad shape)<\/p>\n

malcelato\/a\/i\/e \u2013 male<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus celare<\/strong> (to conceal\/to hide) = ill-concealed<\/font><\/em>: l\u2019hai detto con malcelata soddisfazione<\/strong> (you couldn\u2019t hide your satisfaction when you said it)<\/p>\n

maligno\/a\/i\/e \u2013<\/strong> male <\/strong>plus Latin \u2018gignere\u2019<\/strong> (to generate) = malicious, evil<\/font><\/em>: \u00e8 un uomo maligno <\/strong>(he\u2019s a malicious man)<\/p>\n

maledetto\/a\/i\/e \u2013<\/strong> male <\/strong>plus dire<\/strong> (to say) = cursed, damned<\/font><\/em>: maledetta questa grandine, ha rovinato la vendemmia!<\/strong> (damn this hail, it\u2019s ruined the grape harvest!)<\/p>\n

malfatto\/a\/i\/e \u2013 male<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus fare<\/strong> (to make\/to do) = badly made\/done<\/font><\/em>: questo lavoro \u00e8 malfatto<\/strong> (this work is badly done)<\/p>\n

malato\/a\/i\/e \u2013 male<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus Latin habitus<\/strong> from habere<\/strong> (to have) = ill<\/font><\/em>: molti scolari sono malati oggi<\/strong> (today many pupils are ill)<\/p>\n

malsano\/a\/i\/e \u2013 male<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus sano<\/strong> (healthy) = unhealthy<\/font><\/em>: qui si respira un\u2019aria malsana<\/strong> (the air here is unhealthy to breath)<\/p>\n

malincuore \u2013 male<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus in cuore<\/strong> (in heart); mostly used in the expression \u201ca malincuore\u201d<\/strong> = reluctantly<\/font><\/em>: ho accettato l\u2019incarico a malincuore<\/strong> (I accepted the responsibility reluctantly)<\/p>\n

malessere \u2013 male<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus essere<\/strong> (to be) = indisposition\/illness<\/font><\/em>: dopo cena Giorgio ha avvertito un leggero malessere<\/strong> (after dinner Giorgio felt a bit unwell)<\/font><\/p>\n

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Latin also has the adjective malus, mala<\/strong> (bad, ill), which in Italian has been substituted by the adjective cattivo\/<\/strong>a. However remnants of this adjective can been found in some compound nouns such as:<\/p>\n

malaria \u2013 mala <\/font><\/em><\/strong>plus aria<\/strong> (air) = malaria<\/font><\/em>: un tempo in Maremma si moriva di malaria <\/strong>(once upon a time in Maremma people used to die from malaria)<\/p>\n

malavita \u2013 mala<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus vita<\/strong> (life) = underworld; often shortened to \u201cmala\u201d<\/strong><\/font><\/em>: si dice che quell\u2019avvocato sia legato alla malavita della citt\u00e0<\/strong> (they say that that lawyer is linked to the city underworld)<\/p>\n

\"Gangster<\/a><\/p>\n

malocchio \u2013 malo <\/font><\/em><\/strong>plus occhio<\/strong> (eye) = evil eye<\/font><\/em>: tutte queste disgrazie sono certamente opera di un malocchio<\/strong> (all these misfortunes are certainly the work of an evil eye)<\/p>\n

malora \u2013 mala<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus ora<\/strong> (hour) = ruin; mostly used in the expression \u201candare in malora\u201d<\/strong> (to go to ruin)<\/font><\/em>: l\u2019azienda sta andando in malora<\/strong> (the firm is going to ruin)<\/p>\n

malavoglia \u2013 mala<\/font><\/em><\/strong> plus voglia<\/strong> (will) = unwillingness; mostly used in the expression \u201cdi malavoglia\u201d<\/strong> = unwillingly<\/font><\/em>: Maria fa i compiti di malavoglia<\/strong> (Maria does her homework unwillingly)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

A couple of weeks ago we looked at greetings, adjectives, nouns and idiomatic expressions constructed with the adverb bene (well\/good). Today we are going to look at words built with the opposite adverb male (badly): maleducato\/a\/i\/e \u2013 male plus educare (to educate) = badly-behaved, ill-mannered: Giorgio \u00e8 un bambino proprio maleducato (Giorgio is a really…<\/p>\n

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