mal

Betekenis

Noun

1. trouble, difficulty
2. pain
3. evil
4. damage, harm

Adv

badly

Adj

bad

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mal/

Etimologie

From Old French mal, from Latin malus, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“bad, wrong”). Near cognates include Portuguese mal, Italian male and Spanish malo.

Sinne

Ceux qui sont beaux nous ressemblent en mal .

Those who are beautiful resemble us badly.

Sa carrière reste cependant assez mal connue .

However, his career remains relatively unknown.

Il y a pas mal de circuits à exploiter .

There are quite a few circuits to exploit.

Je ne savais pas qu’on pouvait avoir aussi mal .

I didn't know it could hurt so much.

La bande dessinée survécut au jouet , qui se vendit mal .

The comic survived the toy, which sold poorly.

Malheureusement , ce type de codage s’avère mal adapté à l’informatisation.

Unfortunately, this type of coding proves unsuitable for computerization.