maligno

See also: malignò

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish maligno.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧lig‧no

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): [maˈlɪŋ.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maˈliɲ.ɲo]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		malignāre			malignārī			malignāns			—
future		malignātūrum esse			malignātum īrī			malignātūrus			malignandus
perfect		malignāvisse			malignātum esse			—			malignātus
future perfect		—			malignātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		malignātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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.

Polish

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈliɡ.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -iɡnɔ
• Syllabification: ma‧lig‧no

Noun

maligno f

1. vocative singular of maligna

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• malino (poetic, obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin malignuslbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese maligno

Portuguese maligno

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese maligno, a learned borrowing from Latin malignus (“malignant”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈliɡ.nu/ [mɐˈliɣ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈliɡ.nu/ [mɐˈliɣ.nu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈliɡ.nu/

• 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 Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “maligno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• milonga