mal
adjetivo
→ malo
mal
sustantivo masculino
| 1. | [perversión]
el mal evil |
| 2. | [daño] harm, damage |
| 3. | [enfermedad]
illness
mal de montaña altitude o mountain sickness mal de ojo evil eye |
| 4. | [inconveniente]
bad thing
un mal necesario a necessary evil |
| 5. | (loc)
a grandes males, grandes remedios drastic situations demand drastic action del mal, el menos it's the lesser of two evils mal de muchos, consuelo de todos (prov) at least I'm not the only one no hay mal que por bien no venga (prov) every cloud has a silver lining (prov) |
mal
adverbio
| 1. | [incorrectamente]
wrong
esto está mal hecho this has been done wrong has escrito mal esta palabra you've spelt that word wrong |
| 2. | [inadecuadamente]
badly
la fiesta salió mal the party went off badly oigo/veo mal I can't hear/see very well encontrarse mal [enfermo] to feel ill [incómodo] to feel uncomfortable oler mal [tener mal olor] to smell bad (familiar) [tener mal cariz] to smell fishy saber mal [tener mal sabor] to taste bad me supo mal que no vinieses a mi fiesta I was none too pleased that you didn't come to my party sentar mal a alguien [ropa] not to suit somebody [comida] to disagree with somebody [comentario, actitud] to upset somebody tomar algo a mal to take something the wrong way |
| 3. | [difícilmente]
hardly
mal puede saberlo si no se lo cuentas he's hardly going to know it if you don't tell him |
| 4. | (loc)
estar a mal con alguien to have fallen out with somebody ir de mal en peor to go from bad to worse no estaría mal que ... it would be nice if ... |
mal que
locución conjuntiva
although, even though
mal que te pese, las cosas están así whether you like it or not, that's the way things are
mal que bien
locución adverbial
somehow or other
