Dictionary · verb
malvoli
malvoli/malˈvo.li/
Official root vol- (Fundamento, 1905)
malvoli is an Esperanto verb meaning “to refuse”.
Meaning
to refuse
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Definition in Esperanto
- Rifuzi, ne voli
- ne malvolu puni knabon
- [li] malvolos plenumi la ordonon
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Pronunciation
- IPA
- /malˈvo.li/
- Syllables
- mal·VO·li
Word structure
- malprefixopposite
- volrootvolo
- iendinginfinitive
Forms
| infinitive | malvoli |
|---|---|
| present | malvolas |
| past | malvolis |
| future | malvolos |
| conditional | malvolus |
| volitive | malvolu |
| active participle · ongoing | malvolanta |
| active participle · completed | malvolinta |
| active participle · about to | malvolonta |
Example sentences
- La malgrasema kuniklo malvolis manĝi karotojn.The hipster rabbit refused to eat carrots. #5802086
- Iuj labordonantoj malvolas dungadi antaŭnelongajn malliberulojn.Some employers are reluctant to take on people who have recently been released from jail. #11599198malvolas → malvoli: to refuse
- Kial vi malvolas paroli kun Tomaso?Why don't you want to talk with Tom? #12381420malvolas → malvoli: to refuse
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Related words
In other languages
| Português | recusar-se |
|---|---|
| Français | refuser |
| Deutsch | ablehnen |
| Polski | odmawiać, nie chcieć |
| Русский | не хотеть, противиться |
| Українська | не хотіти, противитися |
| Nederlands | weigeren |
| Čeština | nechtít něco |
| Slovenčina | nechcieť niečo |
| Magyar | elutasít, vonakodik |
| 中文 | 不予 |
| 日本語 | 拒む |
| Bahasa Indonesia | menolak |
| Беларуская | не хацець, не жадаць, супраціўляцца |
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