"cattivo" meaning in Italian

See cattivo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /katˈti.vo/ (note: Standard Italian)
Rhymes: -ivo Etymology: Inherited from Latin captīvus (“captive” → “caught by the devil” → “bad”). Compare the semantic development of French chétif (“puny, scrawny”) and Galician cativo. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|captīvus|t=captive” → “caught by the devil” → “bad}} Latin captīvus (“captive” → “caught by the devil” → “bad”), {{cog|fr|chétif||puny, scrawny}} French chétif (“puny, scrawny”), {{cog|gl|cativo}} Galician cativo Head templates: {{it-adj|aug=cattivóne<q:usually jocular><pos:noun><g:m>,cattivóna<g:f>|dim=cattivèllo,cattivétto,cattivùccio|pej=cattivàccio|sup=cattivissimo}} cattivo (feminine cattiva, masculine plural cattivi, feminine plural cattive, superlative cattivissimo, diminutive cattivèllo or cattivétto or cattivùccio, augmentative (usually jocular) cattivóne m (noun) or cattivóna f, pejorative cattivàccio) Forms: cattiva [feminine], cattivi [masculine, plural], cattive [feminine, plural], cattivissimo [superlative], cattivèllo [diminutive], cattivétto [diminutive], cattivùccio [diminutive], cattivóne m (noun) [augmentative, humorous, usually], cattivóna [augmentative, feminine], cattivàccio [pejorative]
  1. bad Synonyms: brutto, malvagio
    Sense id: en-cattivo-it-adj-LwXUtonS
  2. wicked, naughty
    Sense id: en-cattivo-it-adj-EPtn~gYe Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 10 75 14 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 3 93 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 92 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cattivamente, cattiveria Related terms: male, malo, malvagio
Synonyms: riprovevole, biasimevole, spregevole, ignobile, indegno, scortese, sgarbato, villano, intrattabile, irascibile, malvagio, scellerato, vizioso

Noun

IPA: /katˈti.vo/ (note: Standard Italian) Forms: cattivi [plural], cattiva [feminine]
Rhymes: -ivo Etymology: Inherited from Latin captīvus (“captive” → “caught by the devil” → “bad”). Compare the semantic development of French chétif (“puny, scrawny”) and Galician cativo. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|captīvus|t=captive” → “caught by the devil” → “bad}} Latin captīvus (“captive” → “caught by the devil” → “bad”), {{cog|fr|chétif||puny, scrawny}} French chétif (“puny, scrawny”), {{cog|gl|cativo}} Galician cativo Head templates: {{it-noun|m|f=+}} cattivo m (plural cattivi, feminine cattiva)
  1. villain Tags: masculine Derived forms: cattivello, cattivone, cattivaccio
    Sense id: en-cattivo-it-noun-rQZLqnhW

Inflected forms

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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "buono"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "bravo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "gentile"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "simpatetico"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "nobile"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "dolce"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "garbato"
    }
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      "word": "cattivamente"
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "form": "cattive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "cattivissimo",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "cattivèllo",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattivétto",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattivùccio",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattivóne m (noun)",
      "tags": [
        "augmentative",
        "humorous",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cattivóna",
      "tags": [
        "augmentative",
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "pej": "cattivàccio",
        "sup": "cattivissimo"
      },
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "male"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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          "word": "buono"
        }
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        {
          "english": "I have a bad feeling.",
          "text": "Ho un cattivo presentimento.",
          "type": "example"
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          "naughty"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/katˈti.vo/",
      "note": "Standard Italian"
    },
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      "word": "riprovevole"
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      "word": "biasimevole"
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      "word": "spregevole"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "ignobile"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "indegno"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "scortese"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "sgarbato"
    },
    {
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "villano"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "intrattabile"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "irascibile"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "malvagio"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "scellerato"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "vizioso"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    },
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      "note": "Standard Italian"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ivo"
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}

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      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "degno"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "giusto"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "buono"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "bravo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "gentile"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "simpatetico"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "nobile"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "dolce"
    },
    {
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      "word": "garbato"
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      "word": "cattivamente"
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      "word": "cattiveria"
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      "form": "cattivétto",
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      "form": "cattivùccio",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "cattivóne m (noun)",
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      "tags": [
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        {
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    },
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "riprovevole"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
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    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "spregevole"
    },
    {
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      "word": "ignobile"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "indegno"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "scortese"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "sgarbato"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "villano"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "intrattabile"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "irascibile"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "malvagio"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "scellerato"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:cattivo",
      "word": "vizioso"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cattivo"
}

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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/katˈti.vo/",
      "note": "Standard Italian"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ivo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cattivo"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
  "msg": "suspicious related form tags ('augmentative',): 'cattivóne m (noun)' in 'cattivo (feminine cattiva, masculine plural cattivi, feminine plural cattive, superlative cattivissimo, diminutive cattivèllo or cattivétto or cattivùccio, augmentative (usually jocular) cattivóne m (noun) or cattivóna f, pejorative cattivàccio)'",
  "path": [
    "cattivo"
  ],
  "section": "Italian",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "cattivo",
  "trace": ""
}

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