mal

Meaning

Adv

1. (comparable) badly (in a faulty, dysfunctional or incorrect manner)
2. (comparable) hardly; barely
3. (comparable) wrong (incorrect)
4. (comparable) unfavourably (in an unfavourable manner)
5. (comparable,in-compounds) evilly

Conj

have/had just; have/had barely

Noun

1. (masculine,uncountable) evil (malevolent forces or behaviour)
2. (masculine) harm
3. (masculine) malady (any ailment or disease, especially a lingering one)

Adj

Misspelling of mau.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaw/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mal, from Latin male (“badly; wrongly”).

Sentences

Do bem ao mal , há apenas um pequeno salto .

From good to evil, there is only a small leap.

Doente que não explica o mal , ou morto ou mortal .

Sick that does not explain evil, or dead or mortal.

O mal dos ratos , eles fazem isso e os outros pagam por isso .

The evil of the rats, they do it and the others pay for it.

O exemplo dos idosos faz bem ou mal para os menores .

The example of the elderly is good or bad for minors.