malo.
bad (of bad quality)
Meaning & usage
bad (of bad quality)
bad (of bad quality) bad (at/with something)
El profesor era malo y no sabía dar clase.
Soy malo con los números.
bad (in a bad state)
bad (morally), evil, mean
El profesor era malo y reprobó a toda la clase.
to treat badly, be mean/cruel to
harmful, bad
Fumar es malo para la salud.
(of food) tasting bad
(of food) bad, spoiled, rotten
Esa manzana está mala, tírala.
sick, ill
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Old Spanish malo Spanish malo Inherited from Old Spanish malo, from Latin malus. Cognate with Ladino malo, Italian malo, Galician mao, Portuguese mau.
devil
bad guy; baddie; bad boy; bad person
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Old Spanish malo Spanish malo Inherited from Old Spanish malo, from Latin malus. Cognate with Ladino malo, Italian malo, Galician mao, Portuguese mau.
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