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cattivo

Meaning

Concepts

bad
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evil
nasty
wicked
poor
miserable
ill
🤢
wrong
villain
🦹‍♂️
mean
cruel
dirty
disgusting
naughty
malicious
gloomy
repugnant
abominable
hard-hearted
sombre

bad one

mad
ugly
unpleasant
filthy
nauseating
base
rude
sinister
terrible
vicious
baddie
villainous
vulgar
awful
worthless
wretched
airy-fairy

bad person

bad
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bad
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bad
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frolic
foul
frolicsome
heavy
hideous
immoral
ma
malevolent
Opposite of
buono
Synonyms

brutto
A2
malvagio
C1
crudele
B2
malo
36k
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nero
A2
ripugnante
C2
malevolo
schifoso
B2
doloso
C2
malizioso
sgradevole
C1

disprezzabile eccessivo

perverso
C2
scadente
C2
scellerato
43k
scarso
C2
maligno
C2

tristo

deleterio
deplorevole
23k
disgustoso
B2
disonesto
C2
feroce
C2
immorale
C2
inabile
incompetente
C2
indecente
20k
inetto
34k
infame
C2
insufficiente
29k
intenzionale
C2
invidioso
C2
macchiato
C2
mal
B1
maldisposto
malefico
23k
malintenzionato
malnato
nocivo
39k
odioso
C2
peccaminoso
48k
perfido
21k
pessimo
B2
rabbioso
C2
reprobo
sciagurato
41k
sgarbato
23k
svergognato
49k
vile
C2

non buono

Translations

malo
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schlecht
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mauvais
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mau
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böse

κακός

slecht
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méchant
ruim
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dolent
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kötü
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übel
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kwaad
😠
schlimm
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Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
cat‧tì‧vo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/katˈti.vo/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin captīvus (“captive” → “caught by the devil” → “bad”). Compare the semantic development of French chétif (“puny, scrawny”) and Galician cativo.

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