malvagio
wicked
adjective mahl-VAH-joh Rare
Origin: From Late Latin 'malvagius', probably from 'malus' (bad) + a Germanic root.
Also means
evil
Usage Note
Malvagio inflects fully: malvagio (m sg), malvagia (f sg), malvagi (m pl), malvagie (f pl). It implies deep moral wickedness rather than mere naughtiness — stronger than cattivo (naughty, bad). The noun malvagità (wickedness, feminine, invariable plural) derives from it. In fairy tales and literary contexts, il malvagio is the stock villain figure.
Examples
"Il personaggio malvagio muore alla fine."
Natural Translation
The wicked character dies at the end.
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