mal

badly, poorly, ill

1–500 #154

Meanings

adverb

  1. badly, poorly, ill
  2. awry, amiss, wrong, wrongly
  3. hard (functions as an adverb in Spanish but translates as an adjective in English)
  4. Argentina, colloquial Used as an intensifier, very
  5. Argentina, colloquial yes

adjective, masculine

  1. abbreviation, apocopic apocopic form of malo bad; evil
  2. abbreviation, apocopic amiss, awry, off, wrong

noun, masculine

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

In sentences

No está mal. Not bad. #1322722

Eso es malo. That's bad. #1468359

Me caes mal. I don't like you. #1469950

Tom es malo. Tom's mean. #2673356

Lo hice mal. I did it wrong. #6670384

Soy el malo. I'm the bad one. #7949662

Lo pasó mal. It didn't go well. #8195147

Entendí mal. I misunderstood. #9423020