mal

/ˈmal/

Frequency rank #141

Translations

  • evil
  • harm
  • disease
  • illness
  • malady
  • badly
  • poorly

Definitions

  1. adverb

    badly, poorly, ill

    Examples

    • No hables mal de los muertos.
    • Qué mal.
  2. adverb

    awry, amiss, wrong, wrongly

    Example

    • Tu plan maestro salió mal bastante rápido
  3. adverb

    hard (functions as an adverb in Spanish but translates as an adjective in English)

    Example

    • Estoy pasándolo mal con todo ahora mismo.
  4. adverb

    Used as an intensifier, very

  5. adverb

    yes

  6. noun

    evil, harm; a bad thing or situation

    Example

    • de mal en peor
  7. noun

    disease, illness, ailment

    Example

    • ... le curaremos, si es que su mal tiene cura...
  8. noun

    worse (substantive)

    Example

    • para bien o para mal
  9. adjective

    apocopic form of malo bad; evil

  10. adjective

    amiss, awry, off, wrong

    Example

    • Me di cuenta de que algo estaba mal.

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