mal

Meaning

Adj

1. (abbreviation,alt-of,apocopic,masculine) Apocopic form of malo bad; evil
2. (abbreviation,apocopic,masculine) amiss, awry, off, wrong

Adv

1. badly, poorly, ill
2. awry, amiss, wrong, wrongly
3. hard (functions as an adverb in Spanish but translates as an adjective in English)

Noun

1. (masculine) evil, harm; a bad thing or situation
2. (masculine) disease, illness, ailment
3. (masculine) worse (substantive)

Concepts

bad

👎

evil

badly

wrong

poor

miserable

ill

🤢

nasty

harm

amiss

poorly

hurt

damage

wrongly

malady

hardly

scathe

wrongdoing

affliction

disease

misfortune

unjust

wickedness

worse

worst

bad health

ache

evil

awry

calamity

cranky

disadvantageously

evilness

filthy

hard

il

illness

imperfectly

injury

mean

mishandle

nauseating

sickness

suffering

trouble

twisted

ugly

unfit

Synonyms

malo

👎

malamente

maldad

perjuicio

malvado

daño

imperfecto

enfermedad

perverso

👎

cruel

desagradable

obsceno

pecado

pobremente

sin valor

tacaño

torcido

travieso

vicio

dolencia

imperfectamente

lesión

malcriado

maléfico

malévolo

malicia

maligno

malvadamente

mañoso

mezquinamente

picardía

sufrimiento

vilmente

-de noso

infortunios corporales

pathia

pathy

mal ejemplo

malo demonio

muy malo

jopo

nalgas de la mujer

malamente

chasta

feo

escoñetaʼo

jodíʼo

astrosa cosa

aflicción

injusta cosa

culo

🍑

detrimento

feo

genio

horrible

incorrecto

injusto

llevar

mala

mareado

💫

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmal/

Etymology

Apocopic form of malo, from Latin malus, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“bad, wrong”).

Sentences

El lanzamiento se ha retrasado debido al mal tiempo .

Launch has been delayed due to bad weather.

Los niños , en particular , cantan mal .

Children, in particular, sing poorly.

Acto seguido , ambos pelean y Tom sale muy mal parado .

Immediately afterwards, they both fight and Tom comes out very badly.