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

Concepts

evil

harm

badly

scarcely

bad

👎

injury

evilness

malady

barely

hardly

poorly

speciously

trauma

wickedness

wrong

amiss

pain

damage

erroneously

fallaciously

hurt

ill

🤢

incorrectly

mischief

misfit

mistakenly

Synonyms

dano

erradamente

inchaço

lesão

maldade

malvado

👎

mau

👎

prejuízo

quase não

traumatismo

encaixar

ferimentos

Maldade

Translations

mal

mal

male

Übel

mal

schlecht

👎

apenas

danno

Böse

malum

slecht

👎

βλάβη

κακό

à peine

kwaad

😠

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaw/

Etymology

Cognate with Italian: male

Cognate with Sicilian: mali

In summary

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

Sentences

Eles mal podiam ver o menino .

They could barely see the boy.

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.

Quando você começa a se sentir mal , todo mundo quer sacudir você .

When you start to feel bad, everyone wants to shake you.