pravo
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpra.vo/, [ˈpr̺äːvo̞]
- Hyphenation: prà‧vo
- Rhymes: -avo
Adjective
pravo (feminine singular prava, masculine plural pravi, feminine plural prave) (archaic, literary)
- depraved, evil, wicked
- Synonyms: cattivo, dannato, maligno, malo, malvagio, nequitoso
- Antonyms: benigno, buono, onesto, probo, retto
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto III, lines 82–84, page 41–42:
- Ed ecco verso noi venir per nave ¶ un vecchio, bianco per antico pelo, ¶ gridando: «Guai a voi, anime prave! […] »
- And lo! towards us coming in a boat ¶ an old man, hoary with the hair of eld, ¶ crying: "Woe unto you, ye souls depraved!"
- 1831, Giacomo Leopardi, Paralipomeni della Batracomiomachia [Paralipomena of the Batrachomyomachia], Paris, published 1842, Canto I, page 13:
- Molte genti provàr dure vicende, ¶ e prave diventàr per lungo affanno;
- Many people went through hard tribulations ¶ and became wicked because of the long affliction
- (by extension) cruel, merciless, ruthless
- Synonyms: crudele, spietato
- Antonyms: compassionevole, misericordioso, pietoso
- 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Trionfo d'Amore [Triumph of Love]”, in I trionfi [The Triumphs], Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published 1997, lines 40–42:
- Poi vedi come Amor crudele e pravo ¶ vince Davit e sforzalo a far l’opra ¶ onde poi pianga in loco oscuro e cavo.
- See then how love, vicious and cruel ¶ overcame David, leading him to a sin ¶ he was to weep for in a dark retreat.
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Noun
pravo m (plural pravi)
- A wicked or evil person (male)
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XIX, lines 103–105, page 288:
- io userei parole ancor più gravi; ¶ ché la vostra avarizia il mondo attrista, ¶ calcando i buoni e sollevando i pravi.
- I would make use of words more grievous still; ¶ because your avarice afflicts the world, ¶ trampling the good and lifting the depraved.
- Synonyms: cattivo, malvagio
- Antonym: buono
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Latin
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From prȁv.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prâʋo/
- Hyphenation: pra‧vo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prǎːʋo/
- Hyphenation: pra‧vo
Declension
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /práːʋɔ/
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾabo/, [ˈpɾaβo]
- Rhymes: -avo
Adjective
pravo (feminine singular prava, masculine plural pravos, feminine plural pravas) (superlative pravísimo)
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