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Meaning of malo | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[ˈmaː.ɫoː]

Definitions

to prefer, want more or instead; to wish rather, choose rather

suppletive

Examples

“BYRRHIA: Ego illam vīdī: virginem fōrma bona, / meminī vidērī. Quō aequior sum Pamphilō, / sī sē illam in somnīs quam illum amplectī māluit.”

BYRRHIA: I saw her: [she was] a good-looking girl, as I recall. That’s why I’m more partial to Pamphilus, if he himself prefers [to be the one who] holds her in his sleep instead of that [other man].

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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