mal.
badly (in a faulty, dysfunctional or incorrect manner)
Meaning & usage
badly (in a faulty, dysfunctional or incorrect manner)
O carro está a funcionar/funcionando bem mal.
(O) João fala inglês mal.
hardly; barely
Ele mal consegue estudar com todo este barulho.
wrong (incorrect)
A resposta está mal.
unfavourably (in an unfavourable manner)
Penso mal de ti.
Ele fala mal de ti.
evilly
mal-assombrado
mal-agourado
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese mal, from Latin male (“badly; wrongly”).
have/had just; have/had barely
Mal tinha saído quando a encontrei.
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese mal, from Latin male (“badly; wrongly”).
evil (malevolent forces or behaviour)
As forças do mal cercaram o castelo.
harm
Ela não fez por mal.
Não faz mal.
malady (any ailment or disease, especially a lingering one)
mal de Parkinson
Males como a SIDA e pneumonia são mortais.
Where this word comes from
From Latin malus. Compare Italian male, Sicilian mali.
misspelling of mau
Where this word comes from
From Latin malus. Compare Italian male, Sicilian mali.
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