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1 suffer badly from

Математика: очень сильно страдать от

Универсальный англо-русский словарь > suffer badly from
2 suffer

1. I
abs

1) sick people suffer больным приходится мучиться /испытывать страдания/

2) his reputation (business, trade, etc.) has suffered его репутация и т.д. пострадала; 1 don't want his good name to suffer я не хочу, чтобы пострадало /чтобы порочили/ его доброе имя; of all people, she was the one that suffered, and through no fault of her own из всех пострадала только она одна, да и то не по своей вине
2. II
suffer in some manner

1) suffer greatly (much, a lot, a great deal, acutely, keenly, miserably, continually, mentally, physically, etc.) сильно /очень/ и т.д. страдать /мучиться/; did you suffer much after your operation? вы очень мучались после операции?; they have not suffered in vain они страдали не напрасно; he knew how to suffer joyfully он умел стойко переносить страдания; suffer for some time the patient is still suffering больной все еще испытывает страдания, у больного продолжаются боли

2) his reputation (the firm, trade, the country, the crew, etc.) suffered greatly его репутация и т.д. сильно пострадала; the battalion suffered severely батальон понес большие потери
3. III
1) suffer smth. suffer pain (grief, torture, hunger, thirst, hardships, etc.) испытывать боль и т.д.; suffer wrong страдать от несправедливости; suffer the pangs of conscience мучиться от укоров совести; are you suffering any pain? вы чувствуете какую-л. боль?, вам больно?; he can't suffer much more pain он больше не выдержит /не вынесет/ боли; she suffered a great shock она перенесла тяжелый удар

2) suffer smth. suffer losses (damage, punishment, etc.) понести потери и т.д.; suffer defeat потерпеть поражение; suffer change претерпеть изменение; these precious stones have suffered a depreciation эти драгоценные камни упали в цене

3) suffer smth., smb. usually in the negative or interrogative (not to) suffer such conduct (his insolence, such insults, rudeness, etc.) (не) терпеть / (не) переносить/ такое поведение и т.д.; he can't suffer criticism он не терпит /не выносит/ критики; he will not suffer retort он не допускает никаких возражений; how can you suffer him? как вы можете его терпеть?
4. IV
suffer smb. in some manner usually in the negative or interrogative I do not suffer fools gladly я не выношу дураков
5. VII
suffer smb. to do smth. suffer them to come her to go, etc.) разрешать /позволять/ им прийти и т.д.; if 1 suffer you to be present you must remain silent если [уж] я разрешу вам присутствовать, [то] вы должны молчать; suffer smb., smth. to be done suffer them to be led away (the things to be taken, etc.) позволить их увести и т.д.; I will not suffer myself to be imposed upon я не позволю /не допущу/, чтобы на меня оказывали давление
6. XVI
1) suffer from (without) smth. suffer from hunger (from cold, from the heat, from lack of water, from insufficient clothing, from overwork, from pain, etc.) страдать /мучиться/ от голода и т.д.; suffer from the thought that... страдать от мысли [о том], что...; the boy suffered much from rough schoolmates мальчик немало (вы)терпел от грубости своих школьных товарищей; suffer without food (without drink, without air, etc.) страдать /мучиться/ из-за отсутствия пищи и т.д.; suffer without complaints безропотно страдать /мучиться/ || we all have to suffer at some time in our lives всем нам когда-нибудь [в жизни] приходится страдать

2) suffer from smth. suffer from the war (from the flood, from such conduct, from inconvenience, from a severe crisis, from a lack of nourishment, etc.) (по)страдать от войны и т.д.; the business suffered from lack of capital дело пострадало от отсутствия средств; schoolboys' eyes have suffered much from the bad type and paper of those books от плохого шрифта и плохой бумаги у школьников резко ухудшилось зрение; suffer in smth. suffer in a storm пострадать во время бури; many passengers suffered in the accident многие пассажиры пострадали при катастрофе; suffer by smth. the magazine suffered by a change of editorship смена редактора привела к заметному ухудшению качества журнала; suffer because of smth. our work is suffering because of lack of experienced workers наша работа страдает из-за недостатка квалифицированных работников

3) suffer for smth. suffer for one's mistakes (for one's misdeeds, for one's acts, for our follies, for one's insolence, etc.) поплатиться /пострадать/ за свои ошибки и т.д.; you will suffer for your foolishness some day когда-нибудь ты поплатишься /будешь наказан/ за свою глупость; suffer for one's country (for one's faith, for one's wisdom, etc.) пострадать за свою страну и т.д.

4) suffer from smth. suffer from rheumatism (from neuralgia, from an incurable disease, from a nervous breakdown, from gout, from insomnia, from some lung trouble, from loss of memory, etc.) страдать ревматизмом и т.д.; he suffers from an aching tooth у него болит зуб; she suffered badly from headaches ее мучили головные боли; he suffers from a limp он хромает; he suffers from colds он часто болеет простудами, он легко простуживается; what illness is he suffering from? чем он болен?; he suffers from ill health у него слабое здоровье; he suffers from two weaknesses у него есть две слабости; he suffers from delusions of grandeur он одержим манией величия; he doesn't suffer from shyness скромностью он не отличается /не блещет, не страдает/; people who do not suffer from stage fright люди, которые не боятся выступать перед аудиторией
7. XXI1
1) suffer smth. through (for, because of, etc.) smb., smth. I have suffered much loss through /because of/ him я понес из-за него большие убытки; suffer death for one's crime поплатиться жизнью за свои преступления

2) suffer smth. in smb. usually in the negative one cannot easily suffer ingratitude and treachery in a friend трудно мириться с неблагодарностью и предательством друга; suffer smth. for some time I shouldn't suffer it for a moment я и минуты не потерплю такого
8. XXII
suffer smth. from doing smth. the ship suffered no harm from being in the storm корабль ничуть не пострадал от бури
9. XXV
suffer while... his business suffered while he was ill за время болезни его дела пришли в упадок /пошатнулись/

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > suffer
3 suffer

suffer [ˈsʌfə^r]

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = undergo) subir ; [+ headaches, hunger] souffrir de

• he suffered a lot of pain il a beaucoup souffert

• her popularity suffered a decline sa popularité a décliné

   b. ( = allow) [+ opposition, sb's rudeness, refusal] tolérer

• I can't suffer it a moment longer je ne peux plus le tolérer

2. intransitive verb

   a. [person] souffrir

• to suffer in silence souffrir en silence

• he suffered for it later il en a souffert plus tard

• you'll suffer for this vous me le paierez

• I'll make him suffer for it! il me le paiera !

   b. ( = be afflicted by) to suffer from [+ rheumatism, heart trouble, the cold, hunger] souffrir de ; [+ deafness] être atteint de ; [+ flu, frostbite, bad memory] avoir

• he was suffering from shock il était commotionné

• to suffer from the effects of [+ fall, illness] se ressentir de ; [+ alcohol, drug] subir le contrecoup de

• to be suffering from having done sth se ressentir d'avoir fait qch

• the house is suffering from neglect la maison souffre d'un manque d'entretien

   c. ( = be impaired) souffrir

• your health will suffer votre santé en souffrira

• the regiment suffered badly le régiment a essuyé de grosses pertes

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['sʌfə(r)] 1.
transitive verb

1) ( undergo) gen subir; souffrir de [hunger]

she suffered a great deal of pain — elle a beaucoup souffert

he suffered a severe neck injury — il a été gravement blessé au cou

to suffer a heart attack — avoir une crise cardiaque

the region has suffered severe job losses — la région a enregistré d'importantes pertes d'emplois

2) ( tolerate) supporter
2.
intransitive verb

1) ( with illness)

to suffer from — gen souffrir de; avoir [headache, cold]

to suffer from depression — être dépressif/-ive

2) ( experience pain) souffrir

you'll suffer for it later — vous le regretterez plus tard

3) ( do badly) [company, profits, popularity] souffrir; [health, quality, work] s'en ressentir

the project suffers from a lack of funds — le problème du projet, c'est qu'il est insuffisamment financé

English-French dictionary > suffer
4 suffer

suffer

A vtr

1 ( undergo) subir [punishment, defeat, loss, delay, consequences] ; souffrir de [hunger] ; she suffered a great deal of pain elle a beaucoup souffert ; he suffered a severe neck injury il a été gravement blessé au cou ; to suffer a heart attack/a stroke avoir une crise cardiaque/une attaque ; the roof suffered storm damage le toit a été endommagé par la tempête ; ports have suffered a drop in trade les ports ont enregistré un ralentissement de l'activité commerciale ; the region has suffered severe job losses la région a enregistré d'importantes pertes d'emplois ;

2 sout ( tolerate) supporter ; I won't suffer this a moment more je ne supporterai pas cela plus longtemps.

B vi

1 ( with illness) to suffer from souffrir de [malnutrition, rheumatism, heat, cold] ; avoir [headache, blood pressure] ; she was suffering from a cold elle avait un rhume ; to suffer from agoraphobia/depression être agoraphobique/dépressif/-ive ;

2 ( experience pain) souffrir ; I hate to see him suffer like that j'ai horreur de le voir souffrir comme cela ; they suffered a lot in the war ils ont beaucoup souffert pendant la guerre ; to suffer for one's beliefs souffrir à cause de ses convictions ; to suffer for one's sins expier ses péchés ; you'll suffer for it later vous le regretterez plus tard ; you'll suffer for this! tu t'en repentiras! ;

3 ( do badly) [company, profits, popularity] souffrir ; [health, quality, work] s'en ressentir ; the country suffers from its isolation le pays souffre de son isolement ; she keeps late hours and her work is beginning to suffer elle veille tard la nuit et son travail s'en ressent or en pâtit ; the project suffers from a lack of funds le problème du projet, c'est qu'il est insuffisamment financé.

Big English-French dictionary > suffer
5 suffer

1. transitive verb
1) (undergo) erleiden [Verlust, Unrecht, Schmerz, Niederlage]; durchmachen, erleben [Schweres, Kummer]; dulden [Unverschämtheit]

the dollar suffered further losses against the yen — der Dollar musste weitere Einbußen gegenüber dem Yen hinnehmen

2) (tolerate) dulden

not suffer fools gladly — mit dummen Leuten keine Geduld haben
2. intransitive verb
leiden

suffer for something — (for a cause) für etwas leiden; (to make amends) für etwas büßen

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/120882/suffer_from">suffer from

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verb

1) (to undergo, endure or bear pain, misery etc: He suffered terrible pain from his injuries; The crash killed him instantly - he didn't suffer at all; I'll make you suffer for this insolence.) leiden

2) (to undergo or experience: The army suffered enormous losses.) erleiden

3) (to be neglected: I like to see you enjoying yourself, but you mustn't let your work suffer.) leiden

4) ((with from) to have or to have often (a particular illness etc): She suffers from stomach-aches.) leiden

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suf·fer

[ˈsʌfəʳ, AM -ɚ]

I. vi

1. (experience trauma) leiden

I think he \suffered quite a lot when his wife left him ich glaube, er litt ziemlich, als seine Frau ihn verließ

to \suffer in silence still vor sich akk hinleiden

2. (be ill with)

▪ to \suffer from sth an etw dat leiden; (get attacks of) unter etw dat leiden

Johnny \suffers from asthma Johnny leidet unter Asthma

3. (deteriorate) leiden, Schaden erleiden

his work \suffers from it seine Arbeit leidet darunter

his reputation has \suffered sein Ruf hat gelitten

4. (be the worse for)

▪ to \suffer from sth an etw dat kranken; (be disabled) von etw dat in Mitleidenschaft gezogen werden

the people who will \suffer if the road is built are those who live locally die Leute, die am meisten betroffen sind, falls die Straße gebaut wird, sind die Anwohner

5. (experience sth negative)

▪ to \suffer from sth unter etw dat zu leiden haben

the economy \suffered from the strikes die Streiks machten der Wirtschaft zu schaffen

6. (be punished)

▪ to \suffer for sth für etw akk büßen

you'll \suffer for this! dafür wirst du bezahlen!

II. vt

▪ to \suffer sth

1. (experience sth negative) etw erleiden [o durchmachen]

the president \suffered an affront es kam zu einem Affront gegen den Präsidenten

both sides \suffered considerable casualties auf beiden Seiten kam es zu erheblichen Opfern

to \suffer defeat eine Niederlage einstecken [müssen]

to \suffer hunger Hunger leiden

to \suffer misfortune Pech haben

to \suffer neglect vernachlässigt werden

to \suffer a setback einen Rückschlag erleiden; (physical condition)

to \suffer a breakdown MED einen Zusammenbruch haben

to \suffer a fracture einen Bruch erleiden, sich dat etwas brechen

to \suffer a heart attack einen Herzschlag erleiden

to \suffer injury verletzt werden

2. (put up with) etw ertragen

I had to \suffer him moaning for half an hour ich musste eine halbe Stunde lang sein Gejammer ertragen

not to \suffer fools gladly mit dummen Leuten keine Geduld haben

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['sʌfə(r)]
1. vt

1) (= undergo, be subjected to) pain, injuries, heart attack, loss, setback, damage, hardship erleiden; hunger leiden; headache, stress, effects etc leiden unter or an (+dat); shock haben

to suffer defeat/death — eine Niederlage/den Tod (geh) erleiden

the pound suffered further losses — das Pfund musste weitere Einbußen hinnehmen

she suffered quite a blow —

her popularity suffered a decline — ihre Beliebtheit hat gelitten

2) (= tolerate) dulden, ertragen

he doesn't suffer fools gladly — Dummheit ist ihm ein Gräuel

3) (liter: allow) zulassen, dulden

to suffer sth to be done — zulassen or dulden, dass etw geschieht

suffer the little children to come unto me (Bibl) — lasset die Kindlein zu mir kommen (Bibl)

2. vi
(physically, mentally fig) leiden (from unter +dat, from illness an +dat); (as punishment, in hell etc) büßen
he was suffering from shock — er hatte einen Schock (erlitten)

your health/work will suffer — deine Gesundheit/Arbeit wird darunter leiden

the runners are clearly suffering in this heat — die Hitze macht den Läufern sichtlich zu schaffen

the regiment suffered badly —

the town suffered badly in the raids — die Stadt wurde bei den Luftangriffen schwer in Mitleidenschaft gezogen

how I suffered! — was ich alles durchgemacht habe!

to suffer for one's sins — für seine Sünden büßen

you'll suffer for this! — das wirst du büßen!

we will see that you don't suffer from the changes — wir werden zusehen, dass Ihnen aus den Umstellungen keine Nachteile entstehen

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suffer [ˈsʌfə(r)]

A v/i

1. leiden, laborieren ( beide:

from an dat):

suffer from a complex einen Komplex haben

2. weitS. leiden (under, from unter dat):

trade suffers from war

3. a) Schaden erleiden, in Mitleidenschaft gezogen werden:

the engine suffered severely der Motor wurde stark mitgenommen;

your reputation will suffer dein Ruf wird leiden

b) darunter leiden:

he drinks a lot, and his work suffers

4. MIL Verluste erleiden

5. büßen, bestraft werden, bezahlen müssen ( alle:

for für):

you will suffer for your foolishness

6. hingerichtet werden, den Tod erleiden

B v/t

1. Knochenbrüche, Verluste etc erleiden:

both armies suffered thousands of dead in beiden Armeen gab es Tausende von Toten

2. Durst etc leiden, etwas erdulden

3. etwas erfahren, erleiden:

suffer a disappointment eine Enttäuschung erleben

4. etwas oder jemanden ertragen, aushalten:

how can you suffer him?

5. dulden, (zu)lassen, erlauben, gestatten:

he suffered their presence er duldete ihre Gegenwart;

he suffered himself to be cheated er ließ sich betrügen

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1. transitive verb
1) (undergo) erleiden [Verlust, Unrecht, Schmerz, Niederlage]; durchmachen, erleben [Schweres, Kummer]; dulden [Unverschämtheit]

the dollar suffered further losses against the yen — der Dollar musste weitere Einbußen gegenüber dem Yen hinnehmen

2) (tolerate) dulden

not suffer fools gladly — mit dummen Leuten keine Geduld haben
2. intransitive verb
leiden

suffer for something — (for a cause) für etwas leiden; (to make amends) für etwas büßen

Phrasal Verbs:

- suffer from

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(from) v.

leiden (an) v. v.

dulden v.

erdulden v.

erleiden v.

leiden v.

(§ p.,pp.: litt, gelitten)

English-german dictionary > suffer
6 suffer

['sʌfə(r)] 1.
verbo transitivo

1) (undergo) subire [punishment, defeat, loss, delay]; soffrire [ hunger]

he suffered a great deal of pain — ha sofferto moltissimo

he suffered a severe injury — è stato gravemente ferito

to suffer a heart attack — avere un attacco cardiaco

the region has suffered severe job losses — la regione ha subito un grave calo dell'occupazione

2) form. (tolerate) sopportare, tollerare
2.
verbo intransitivo

1) (with illness)

to suffer from — soffrire di [rheumatism, depression]; patire [ cold]; avere [ headache]

2) (experience pain) soffrire

you'll suffer for it later — più avanti ne porterai le conseguenze

3) (do badly) [company, profits, popularity] soffrire, risentire; [health, quality, work] risentire

the country suffers from its isolation — il paese risente del suo isolamento

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verb

1) (to undergo, endure or bear pain, misery etc: He suffered terrible pain from his injuries; The crash killed him instantly - he didn't suffer at all; I'll make you suffer for this insolence.) soffrire

2) (to undergo or experience: The army suffered enormous losses.) subire

3) (to be neglected: I like to see you enjoying yourself, but you mustn't let your work suffer.) subire, patire

4) ((with from) to have or to have often (a particular illness etc): She suffers from stomach-aches.) soffrire

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- suffering

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['sʌfə(r)] 1.
verbo transitivo

1) (undergo) subire [punishment, defeat, loss, delay]; soffrire [ hunger]

he suffered a great deal of pain — ha sofferto moltissimo

he suffered a severe injury — è stato gravemente ferito

to suffer a heart attack — avere un attacco cardiaco

the region has suffered severe job losses — la regione ha subito un grave calo dell'occupazione

2) form. (tolerate) sopportare, tollerare
2.
verbo intransitivo

1) (with illness)

to suffer from — soffrire di [rheumatism, depression]; patire [ cold]; avere [ headache]

2) (experience pain) soffrire

you'll suffer for it later — più avanti ne porterai le conseguenze

3) (do badly) [company, profits, popularity] soffrire, risentire; [health, quality, work] risentire

the country suffers from its isolation — il paese risente del suo isolamento

English-Italian dictionary > suffer
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verb

1) (to undergo, endure or bear pain, misery etc: He suffered terrible pain from his injuries; The crash killed him instantly - he didn't suffer at all; I'll make you suffer for this insolence.) sufrir, padecer

2) (to undergo or experience: The army suffered enormous losses.) sufrir

3) (to be neglected: I like to see you enjoying yourself, but you mustn't let your work suffer.) resentirse, verse afectado; salir perjudicado

4) ((with from) to have or to have often (a particular illness etc): She suffers from stomach-aches.) sufrir de, padecer de

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suffer vb padecer / sufrir

he suffers from headaches padece dolores de cabeza

she made him suffer le hizo sufrir

suffer

tr['sʌfə^SMALLr/SMALL]

transitive verb

1 (gen) sufrir; (pain) padecer, sufrir; (hunger) padecer, pasar; (losses) sufrir, registrar

■ they suffered a humiliating defeat sufrieron una derrota humillante

2 (bear, tolerate) aguantar, soportar, tolerar

■ we had to suffer the consequences tuvimos que atenernos a las consecuencias

intransitive verb

1 (gen) sufrir

■ she's suffered enough already ya ha sufrido bastante

■ she suffered in silence sufrió en silencio

2 (be affected - work, studies, etc) verse afectado,-a; (- health) resentirse

■ if you smoke, your health will suffer si fumas, perjudicará tu salud

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

not to suffer fools gladly no aguantar a los imbéciles

to suffer for something sufrir las consecuencias de algo

to suffer from (illness) sufrir de, padecer 2 (shock) sufrir los efectos de 3 (effects) resentirse de

■ he's suffering from exhaustion está agotado

suffer ['sʌfər] vi

: sufrir

suffer vt

1) : sufrir, padecer (dolores, etc.)

2) permit: permitir, dejar

suffer

v.

• aguantar v.

• comportar v.

• conllevar v.

• desolar v.

• padecer v.

• penar v.

• perecer v.

• permitir v.

• soportar v.

• sufrir v.

• tocar v.

'sʌfər, 'sʌfə(r)
1.

transitive verb

a) ( undergo) \<\<injury/damage/loss\>\> sufrir; \<\<pain\>\> padecer*, sufrir

to suffer hardship — pasar necesidades

b) ( endure) aguantar, tolerar

c) ( permit) (liter)

to suffer somebody to + INF — dejar que alguien (+ subj)

2.

vi

a) (experience pain, difficulty) sufrir

to suffer FOR something — sufrir las consecuencias de algo

b) (be affected, deteriorate) \<\<health/eyesight\>\> resentirse*; \<\<business/performance/relationship\>\> verse* afectado, resentirse*

c) ( be afflicted)

to suffer FROM something — sufrir or (frml) padecer* de algo

he suffers from asthma — sufre or (frml) padece de asma

['sʌfǝ(r)]
1. VT

1) (=experience) [+ pain, hardship] sufrir, padecer; [+ loss, decline, setback] sufrir, experimentar

to suffer a heart attack — sufrir un infarto

the peace process has suffered a serious blow — el proceso de paz ha sufrido or experimentado un serio contratiempo

to suffer the same fate as — sufrir la misma suerte que

to suffer the consequences — sufrir las consecuencias

2) (=tolerate) [+ opposition, rudeness] soportar, aguantar

I can't suffer it a moment longer — no lo soporto or aguanto un minuto más

to suffer sb to do sth — (Literat) permitir que algn haga algo

- he/she doesn't suffer fools gladly

2. VI

1) (=experience pain) sufrir

• to suffer for sth — sufrir las consecuencias de algo

you'll suffer for this! — ¡me las pagarás!

I'll make him suffer for it! — ¡me las pagará!

to suffer for one's sins — expiar sus pecados

• to make sb suffer — hacer sufrir a algn

• to suffer in silence — sufrir en silencio

2)

• to suffer from sth (=experience) —

the house is suffering from neglect — la casa está en un cierto estado de abandono

Madrid suffers from overcrowding — Madrid adolece de superpoblación

to suffer from an illness — padecer una enfermedad

they were suffering from shock — se encontraban en estado de shock

to suffer from the effects of alcohol — sufrir los efectos del alcohol

to suffer from the effects of a fall — resentirse de una caída

3) (=worsen) [studies, business, eyesight, health] verse afectado, resentirse

sales have suffered badly — las ventas se han visto afectadas seriamente

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['sʌfər, 'sʌfə(r)]
1.

transitive verb

a) ( undergo) \<\<injury/damage/loss\>\> sufrir; \<\<pain\>\> padecer*, sufrir

to suffer hardship — pasar necesidades

b) ( endure) aguantar, tolerar

c) ( permit) (liter)

to suffer somebody to + INF — dejar que alguien (+ subj)

2.

vi

a) (experience pain, difficulty) sufrir

to suffer FOR something — sufrir las consecuencias de algo

b) (be affected, deteriorate) \<\<health/eyesight\>\> resentirse*; \<\<business/performance/relationship\>\> verse* afectado, resentirse*

c) ( be afflicted)

to suffer FROM something — sufrir or (frml) padecer* de algo

he suffers from asthma — sufre or (frml) padece de asma

English-spanish dictionary > suffer
8 очень сильно страдать от

Mathematics: suffer badly from

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > очень сильно страдать от
9 souffrir

souffrir [sufʀiʀ]

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1. intransitive verb

   a. to suffer

• faire souffrir qn (physiquement) to hurt sb ; (moralement) to make sb suffer ; [attitude, événement] to cause sb pain

• mon bras me fait souffrir my arm hurts

• souffrir de l'estomac to have stomach trouble

• il souffre d'une grave maladie/de rhumatismes he is suffering from a serious illness/from rheumatism

• souffrir du froid/de la chaleur to suffer from the cold/from the heat

• les fraises souffrent de la chaleur strawberries suffer in the heat

• sa réputation en a souffert his reputation suffered by it

   b. ( = éprouver de la difficulté) to have a hard time of it

• on a fini par gagner, mais on a souffert we won in the end but we had a hard time of it

• je l'ai réparé mais j'ai souffert I fixed it, but it wasn't easy

2. transitive verb

   a. ( = éprouver) souffrir le martyre to go through agonies

   b. ( = supporter) (inf) to bear

• il ne peut pas souffrir cette fille/le mensonge he can't stand that girl/lies

• il ne peut pas souffrir que... he cannot bear that...

   c. (formal) ( = admettre) la règle souffre quelques exceptions the rule admits of a few exceptions

• la règle ne peut souffrir aucune exception the rule admits of no exception

• cette affaire ne peut souffrir aucun retard this matter simply cannot be delayed

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sufʀiʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) ( supporter)

souffrir tout de quelqu'un — to put up with anything from somebody

il ne souffre pas d'être contredit — he can't stand being contradicted

elle ne peut plus le souffrir — she can't stand him any more

2) ( permettre)

souffrez que je vous dise — allow me to tell you

cette affaire ne peut souffrir aucun retard — this matter brooks no delay

2.

verbe intransitif

1) ( physiquement) [personne, animal] to suffer

faire souffrir quelqu'un — to cause somebody suffering

souffrir de quelque chose — to suffer from [diabète, malformation]

souffrir du dos — to suffer from back problems

ma cheville me fait souffrir — my ankle hurts

est-ce qu'il souffre? — is he in pain?

2) ( moralement) [personne] to suffer

faire souffrir — [personne] to make [somebody] suffer; [situation] to upset

souffrir de — to suffer from [trac]

souffrir du racisme — to be a victim of racism

souffrir d'être rejeté — to suffer the pain of rejection

ils souffrent de ne pas se voir — they find it painful to be separated

elle souffre de voir que — it upsets her to see that

3) ( être endommagé) [cultures, économie] to be badly affected (de by); [pays, ville] to suffer (de from)

4) (colloq) ( peiner) [personne, équipe] to have a hard time ( pour faire doing)

j'ai fini la course mais j'ai souffert! — I finished the race but it was tough!

3.

se souffrir verbe pronominal

ils ne peuvent pas se souffrir — they can't stand each other

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sufʀiʀ
1. vi

1) (= éprouver de la douleur) to be in pain

Il souffre beaucoup. — He's in a lot of pain.

faire souffrir qn [personne] — to make sb suffer, [dents, blessure] to hurt sb

2)

souffrir de [maladie, froid] — to suffer from

souffrir des dents — to have trouble with one's teeth

2. vt

1) (= éprouver)

souffrir le martyr — to suffer agonies

2) lit (= supporter)

ne pas pouvoir souffrir qch — not to be able to bear sth

Je ne peux souffrir cette idée. — I can't bear the thought.

Il ne peut pas la souffrir. — He can't bear her.

3) lit (= admettre) [principe, décision] [exception] to allow of, to admit of

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souffrir verb table: offrir

A vtr

1 ( supporter) souffrir tout de qn to put up with anything from sb; il ne souffre pas la critique he can't take criticism; il ne souffre pas d'être interrompu/contredit he can't stand being interrupted/contradicted; elle ne peut plus le souffrir she can't stand him any more;

2 ( permettre) fml souffrez que je vous dise allow me to tell you; cette affaire ne peut souffrir aucun retard this matter brooks no delay sout; la règle souffre quelques exceptions this rule does admit of a few exceptions sout.

B vi

1 ( physiquement) [personne, animal] to suffer; il a beaucoup souffert he has suffered a great deal ou a lot; souffrir en silence to suffer in silence; faire souffrir qn/un animal to cause sb/an animal suffering; souffrir de qch to suffer from [cancer, rhumatismes, diabète, malformation]; souffrir du dos/de l'estomac/du genou to suffer from back/stomach/knee problems; les enfants qui souffrent de malnutrition children suffering from malnutrition; souffrir du froid/de la chaleur/du manque d'eau to suffer from the cold/from the heat/from lack of water; ma blessure/cheville me fait souffrir my wound/ankle hurts; mes chaussures me font souffrir my shoes are hurting me; j'ai souffert chez le dentiste I suffered at the dentist's; est-ce qu'il souffre? is he in pain?;

2 ( moralement) [personne] to suffer; faire souffrir [personne] to make [sb] suffer; [problème, situation] to upset; souffrir de to suffer from [trac]; souffrir de la discrimination/du racisme to be a victim of discrimination/of racism; ils souffrent de l'éloignement d'avec leurs enfants they are finding it painful to be separated from their children; souffrir d'être rejeté/d'être incompris to suffer the pain of rejection/of being misunderstood; ils souffrent de ne pas se voir/de ne rien pouvoir faire they find it painful to be separated/to be unable to do anything; elle souffre de voir que it upsets her to see that;

3 ( être endommagé) [cultures, vigne, secteur, économie] to be badly affected (de by); [pays, région, ville] to suffer (de from);

4 ○( peiner) [personne, équipe] to have a hard time (pour faire doing); j'ai fini la course mais j'ai souffert! I finished the race but it was tough!

C se souffrir vpr ils ne peuvent pas se souffrir they can't stand each other.

[sufrir] verbe transitif

1. [endurer - épreuves] to endure, to suffer

si tu avais souffert ce que j'ai souffert! if you'd suffered as much as I have!, if you had gone through what I have!

souffrir le martyre to go through ou to suffer agonies

son dos lui fait souffrir le martyre he has terrible trouble with his back

2. (littéraire) [tolérer]

elle ne souffre pas d'être critiquée ou qu'on la critique she can't stand ou take criticism

3. (littéraire) [admettre - suj: personne] to allow, to tolerate ; [ - suj: règlement] to allow (for), to admit of

le règlement de son dossier ne peut souffrir aucun délai the settlement of his case simply cannot be postponed

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[sufrir] verbe intransitif

1. [avoir mal] to be in pain, to suffer

tu souffres? are you in pain?, does it hurt?

où souffrez-vous? where is the pain?, where does it hurt?

elle a beaucoup souffert lors de son accouchement she had a very painful delivery

c'est une intervention bénigne, vous ne souffrirez pas it's a very minor operation, you won't feel any pain

souffrir en silence to suffer in silence

il est mort sans souffrir he felt no pain when he died

elle a cessé de souffrir (euphémisme) , elle ne souffrira plus (euphémisme) she's out of pain (now)

il faut souffrir pour être belle! (humoristique) one must suffer to be beautiful!

faire souffrir [faire mal] to cause pain to, to hurt

mon dos me fait souffrir ces temps-ci my back's been hurting (me) lately

2. [avoir mal pour une raison]

souffrir de: souffrir de la hanche to have trouble with one's hip

pour tous les gens qui souffrent du dos/du diabète for all people with back problems/diabetes sufferers

souffrir de la faim/soif to suffer from hunger/thirst

souffrir de la chaleur

a. [être très sensible à] to suffer in the heat

b. [être atteint par] to suffer from the heat

souffrir de (figuré) [pâtir de]: sa renommée a souffert du scandale his reputation suffered from the scandal

dût ton amour-propre en souffrir even though your pride may be hurt by it

(en usage absolu)

les récoltes n'ont pas trop souffert the crops didn't suffer too much ou weren't too badly damaged

c'est le sud du pays qui a le plus souffert the southern part of the country was the worst hit

3. (familier) [peiner] to toil, to have a hard time (of it)

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se souffrir verbe pronominal

(littéraire) (emploi réciproque)

ils ne peuvent pas se souffrir they can't stand ou bear each other

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > souffrir
10 espantosamente

adv.

dreadfully, marvellously, frightfully, ghastfully.

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ADV

1) (=con miedo) frightfully

2) [para exagerar] amazingly

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= hideously, horribly.

Ex. What is clear from a survey of this literature is that the Yugoslav war was hideously complex in its detail and in the range of issues raised.

Ex. What proponents fail to mention is that feral cats suffer horribly from the lack of food, water, shelter and regular medical care.

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* espantosamente + Adjetivo = excruciatingly + Adjetivo.

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= hideously, horribly.

Ex: What is clear from a survey of this literature is that the Yugoslav war was hideously complex in its detail and in the range of issues raised.

Ex: What proponents fail to mention is that feral cats suffer horribly from the lack of food, water, shelter and regular medical care.

* espantosamente + Adjetivo = excruciatingly + Adjetivo.

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espantosamente

adverb

( fam); terribly

este trabajo está espantosamente mal hecho this work is terribly badly done ( colloq)

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espantosamente adv

1. [pavorosamente] terrifyingly, frighteningly;

un cuerpo espantosamente mutilado a horribly mutilated body

2. [pasmosamente] appallingly, shockingly;

jugamos espantosamente mal we played appallingly o shockingly badly

Spanish-English dictionary > espantosamente
11 Haar

n; -(e)s, -e

1. hair (auch BOT.); Koll. (Haare, Fell) hair; sie hat braunes Haar oder braune Haare she has brown hair; jemandem / sich die Haare machen umg. do s.o.’s / one’s hair; sich (Dat) die Haare schneiden lassen get a haircut; du musst dir mal die Haare schneiden lassen it’s time you had a haircut; jemanden an den Haaren ziehen pull s.o.’s hair; sich (Dat) die Haare ( aus) raufen auch fig. tear one’s hair (out); ich könnte mir die Haare ausraufen auch I could kick myself; krause Haare, krauser Sinn Sprichw. etwa fuzzy hair, fuzzy thinking; lange Haare, kurzer Verstand Sprichw. etwa long on hair, short on brains

2. nur Sg.; fig.: aufs Haar umg. to a T; sich aufs Haar gleichen umg. look absolutely identical; Personen: auch be as alike as two peas in a pod; um ein Haar oder ums Haar wäre ich überfahren worden umg. I (just) missed being run over by the skin of my teeth, I missed being run over by inches; um ein Haar hätten wir uns verpasst umg. we very nearly missed each other, we came so close to missing one another; er hätte ums Haar gewonnen umg. etc. he came within a whisker ( oder hair) of winning etc.; um kein Haar besser umg. not a bit better; jemandem kein Haar krümmen umg. not touch a hair on s.o.’s head; er ließ kein gutes Haar an ihm umg. he picked ( oder pulled) him to pieces, he didn’t have a good word to say about him; an einem Haar hängen umg. hang by a thread; ( immer) ein Haar in der Suppe finden umg. (always) find something to criticize ( oder quibble about)

3. meist Pl., fig.: Haare spalten pej. split hairs; sie hat Haare auf den Zähnen she’s a really tough nut (Brit. auch customer, Am. auch cookie); sich in die Haare geraten umg. get in each other’s hair; sich in den Haaren liegen umg. be at loggerheads (with each other); heftiger be at each other’s throats; an den Haaren herbeigezogen umg. far- -fetched; sich an den eigenen Haaren aus dem Sumpf ziehen pull o.s. up by the bootstraps, get out of trouble by one’s own unaided efforts; die Haare standen mir zu Berge oder mir sträubten sich die Haare umg. it made my hair stand on end; lass dir deshalb keine grauen Haare wachsen umg. don’t lose any sleep over it; schwer Haare lassen ( müssen) umg. finanziell etc.: suffer heavy losses; (auch leiden müssen) pay dearly; (eins abbekommen) take a real beating, cop it hard umg., Am. get it umg.; jemandem die Haare vom Kopf fressen umg., hum. eat s.o. out of house and home; Haut

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das Haar

(alle Haare) hairs;

(einzelnes Haar) hair

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[haːɐ]
nt -(e)s, -e

1) (= Menschenhaar) hair

sie hat schönes Háár or schöne Hááre — she has nice hair

die Hááre or das Háár schneiden lassen — to have or get one's hair cut, to have a haircut

durch die Hááre fahren — to run one's fingers through one's hair

2) (BOT, ZOOL = Material) hair

3)

(in Wendungen) Hááre auf den Zähnen haben — to be a tough customer (Brit) or cookie (esp US)

Hááre lassen (müssen) — to suffer badly, to come off badly

jdm kein Háár krümmen — not to harm a hair on sb's head

die Hááre wachsen lassen — to grow one's hair

darüber lass dir keine grauen Hááre wachsen — don't worry your head about it, don't lose any sleep over it

er findet immer ein Háár in der Suppe — he always finds something to quibble about

jdm aufs Háár gleichen — to be the spitting image of sb

aufs Háár — they are the spitting image of each other, they're as alike as two peas in a pod

das ist an den Hááren herbeigezogen — that's rather far-fetched

die Hááre raufen — to tear one's hair out

an jdm/etw kein or nicht ein gutes Háár lassen — to pick or pull sb/sth to pieces

in die Hááre geraten or kriegen (inf) — to quarrel, to squabble

in den Hááren liegen — to be at loggerheads (Brit), to be at daggers drawn

jdm die Hááre vom Kopf fressen (inf) — to eat sb out of house and home

er hat mehr Schulden als Hááre auf dem Kopf — he's up to his ears in debt

um kein Háár besser — no better, not a bit or whit better

um ein or ums Háár — very nearly, almost

er hat mich um ein Háár getroffen — he just missed (hitting) me by a hair's breadth

um kein or nicht ein Háár breit — not an inch

See:

→ Berg

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das

1) (one of the mass of thread-like objects that grow from the skin: He brushed the dog's hairs off his jacket.) hair

2) (the mass of these, especially on a person's head: He's got brown hair.) hair

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Haar

<-[e]s, -e>

[ha:ɐ̯]

nt

1. (einzelnes Körperhaar) hair

2. sing o pl (gesamtes Kopfhaar) hair no pl, no indef art

sie hat schönes, blondes \Haar she's got lovely blonde hair

graue \Haare bekommen to go grey BRIT [ or esp AM gray]

sich dat die \Haare legen lassen to have one's hair set

sich dat die \Haare [o das \Haar] schneiden lassen to get [or have] one's hair cut

3.

▶ aufs \Haar exactly

die Zwillinge gleichen sich aufs \Haar the twins are as alike as two peas in a pod

▶ sich dat die \Haare ausraufen (fam) to tear one's hair out

▶ jdm stehen die \Haare zu Berge (fam) sb's hair stands on end

▶ um kein \Haar besser not a bit better

▶ sich dat [über etw akk] in die \Haare geraten [o (fam) kriegen] to quarrel [or squabble] [about sth]

▶ sich dat über etw akk keine grauen \Haare wachsen lassen not to lose any sleep over sth

▶ an jdm/etw kein [o nicht ein] gutes \Haar lassen to pick [or pull] sb/sth to pieces

▶ etw an den \Haaren herbeiziehen (fam) to be far-fetched

▶ jdm die \Haare vom Kopf fressen (fam) to eat sb out of house and home fam

▶ krauses \Haar, krauser Sinn frizzy hair, muddled mind

▶ jdm kein \Haar krümmen (fam) not to touch a hair on sb's head

▶ lange \Haare, kurzer Verstand long hair, stunted mind

▶ \Haare lassen müssen (fam) not to escape unscathed

▶ sich dat [wegen einer S. gen] in den \Haaren liegen (fam) to be at loggerheads [about sth]

▶ sich dat die \Haare raufen to tear one's hair

▶ da sträuben sich einem ja die \Haare! (fam) it's enough to make your hair stand on end!

▶ ein \Haar in der Suppe finden (fam) to find fault with sth

▶ um ein [o ums] \Haar within a hair's breadth

▶ \Haare auf den Zähnen haben (fam) to be a tough customer fam

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das; Haar[e]s, Haare

1) (auch Zool., Bot.) hair

blonde Haare od. blondes Haar haben — have fair hair

[sich (Dat.)] das Haar od. die Haare waschen — wash one's hair

sich (Dat.) das Haar od. die Haare schneiden lassen — have or get one's hair cut

ihm geht das Haar aus — he's losing his hair

sich (Dat.) die Haare [aus]raufen — (ugs.) tear one's hair [out]

2) (fig.)

ihr stehen die Haare zu Berge od. sträuben sich die Haare — (ugs.) her hair stands on end

ein Haar in der Suppe finden — (ugs.) find something to quibble about or find fault with

kein gutes Haar an jemandem/etwas lassen — (ugs.) pull somebody/something to pieces (fig. coll.)

Haare auf den Zähnen haben — (ugs. scherzh.) be a tough customer

sich (Dat.) über od. wegen etwas keine grauen Haare wachsen lassen — not lose any sleep over something; not worry one's head about something

er wird dir kein Haar krümmen — (ugs.) he won't harm a hair of your head

das ist an den Haaren herbeigezogen — (ugs.) that's far-fetched

jemandem aufs Haar gleichen — be the spitting image of somebody

sich in die Haare kriegen — (ugs.) quarrel, squabble ( wegen over)

sich (Dat.) in den Haaren liegen — (ugs.) be at loggerheads

um ein Haar — (ugs.) very nearly

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Haar n; -(e)s, -e

1. hair ( auch BOT); koll (Haare, Fell) hair;

sie hat braunes Haar oder

braune Haare she has brown hair;

jemandem/sich die Haare machen umg do sb’s/one’s hair;

sich (dat)

die Haare schneiden lassen get a haircut;

du musst dir mal die Haare schneiden lassen it’s time you had a haircut;

jemanden an den Haaren ziehen pull sb’s hair;

sich (dat)

die Haare (aus)raufen auch fig tear one’s hair (out);

ich könnte mir die Haare ausraufen auch I could kick myself;

krause Haare, krauser Sinn sprichw etwa fuzzy hair, fuzzy thinking;

lange Haare, kurzer Verstand sprichw etwa long on hair, short on brains

2. nur sg; fig:

aufs Haar umg to a T;

sich aufs Haar gleichen umg look absolutely identical; Personen: auch be as alike as two peas in a pod;

um ein Haar oder

ums Haar wäre ich überfahren worden umg I (just) missed being run over by the skin of my teeth, I missed being run over by inches;

um ein Haar hätten wir uns verpasst umg we very nearly missed each other, we came so close to missing one another;

er hätte ums Haar gewonnen umg etc he came within a whisker ( oder hair) of winning etc;

um kein Haar besser umg not a bit better;

jemandem kein Haar krümmen umg not touch a hair on sb’s head;

er ließ kein gutes Haar an ihm umg he picked ( oder pulled) him to pieces, he didn’t have a good word to say about him;

an einem Haar hängen umg hang by a thread;

(immer) ein Haar in der Suppe finden umg (always) find something to criticize ( oder quibble about)

3. meist pl, fig:

Haare spalten pej split hairs;

sie hat Haare auf den Zähnen she’s a really tough nut (Br auch customer, US auch cookie);

sich in die Haare geraten umg get in each other’s hair;

sich in den Haaren liegen umg be at loggerheads (with each other); heftiger be at each other’s throats;

an den Haaren herbeigezogen umg far-fetched;

sich an den eigenen Haaren aus dem Sumpf ziehen pull o.s. up by the bootstraps, get out of trouble by one’s own unaided efforts;

die Haare standen mir zu Berge oder

mir sträubten sich die Haare umg it made my hair stand on end;

lass dir deshalb keine grauen Haare wachsen umg don’t lose any sleep over it;

schwer Haare lassen (müssen) umg finanziell etc: suffer heavy losses; (auch leiden müssen) pay dearly; (eins abbekommen) take a real beating, cop it hard umg, US get it umg;

jemandem die Haare vom Kopf fressen umg, hum eat sb out of house and home;

Haar breit → Haarbreit; → Haut

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das; Haar[e]s, Haare

1) (auch Zool., Bot.) hair

blonde Haare od. blondes Haar haben — have fair hair

[sich (Dat.)] das Haar od. die Haare waschen — wash one's hair

sich (Dat.) das Haar od. die Haare schneiden lassen — have or get one's hair cut

ihm geht das Haar aus — he's losing his hair

sich (Dat.) die Haare [aus]raufen — (ugs.) tear one's hair [out]

2) (fig.)

ihr stehen die Haare zu Berge od. sträuben sich die Haare — (ugs.) her hair stands on end

ein Haar in der Suppe finden — (ugs.) find something to quibble about or find fault with

kein gutes Haar an jemandem/etwas lassen — (ugs.) pull somebody/something to pieces (fig. coll.)

Haare auf den Zähnen haben — (ugs. scherzh.) be a tough customer

sich (Dat.) über od. wegen etwas keine grauen Haare wachsen lassen — not lose any sleep over something; not worry one's head about something

er wird dir kein Haar krümmen — (ugs.) he won't harm a hair of your head

das ist an den Haaren herbeigezogen — (ugs.) that's far-fetched

jemandem aufs Haar gleichen — be the spitting image of somebody

sich in die Haare kriegen — (ugs.) quarrel, squabble ( wegen over)

sich (Dat.) in den Haaren liegen — (ugs.) be at loggerheads

um ein Haar — (ugs.) very nearly

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-e n.

hair n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Haar
12 страждати

to suffer (від чогось - from; за щось, за когось - for); to have a pain

страждати з чиєїсь вини — to suffer at the hands of one

страждати з власної вини — to suffer through one's own fault

дуже страждати (від) — to suffer badly (with, from)

Українсько-англійський словник > страждати
13 пострадать

св vi

1) см страдать

2) от кого/чего-л потерпеть урон to be injured/damaged/hit by sb/sth, to suffer damage from sb/sth

э́тот райо́н си́льно пострада́л от наводне́ния — this area was badly hit by the flood(s)

го́род пострада́л от разгу́ла стихи́й — the city was damaged by the elements

он си́льно пострада́л в катастро́фе — he was badly/severely injured in the accident

пострада́ла его́ репута́ция — his reputation was injured/damaged

пострада́ло 5 челове́к — there were 5 casualties

Русско-английский учебный словарь > пострадать
14 damage

1. сущ.
1) общ. ущерб, урон, повреждение, убыток, убытки, вред, порча (материальные или моральные потери, урон; в законодательстве о продаже товаров различают два вида ущерба: ущерб, нанесенный товару, и ущерб, нанесенный товаром, напр., неисправным автомобилем или бытовым электроприбором)

damage by fire, fire damage — повреждение пожаром

damage by insects, insect damage — повреждение насекомыми

damage by water, water damage — повреждение водой

damage by flood, flood damage — ущерб от наводнения

damage by heavy-weather, heavy-weather damage — убыток из-за плохих погодных условий

damage to machinery — повреждение оборудования

damage to property — повреждение имущества, материальный ущерб

to do damage — наносить [причинять\] убытки [ущерб\], портить

to assess the damage — оценивать размер ущерба

to repair the damage — возместить ущерб

to suffer damage from smth. — понести ущерб [убыток\], получить повреждение от чего-л.

to cause damage to smth — причинять убытки, наносить ущерб чему-л.; портить что-л.

Syn:

detriment, breakage, loss

See:

concealed damage, consequential damage, ecological damage, known damage, pollution damage, property damage, proximate damages, sticker damage, third party damage, damage cost, damage liability, property damage liability insurance, water damage insurance, physical damage insurance, property damage only, no damage accident, waste, product liability, Donoghue v Stevenson, Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co, Henningsen v Bloomfield Motors, Royal Commission on Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury, manufacturer's guarantee

2) эк., юр., учет, как прав. мн. компенсация [возмещение\] ущерба [убытков\], компенсация за убытки

ATTRIBUTES: foreseeable, prospective, double, treble

COMBS:

damages for detention — возмещение убытков за задержку

damages for infringement — компенсация [возмещение\] убытков за нарушение права

damages for pain and suffering — компенсация за боль и страдания

by way of damages — в порядке возмещения убытков

entitled to damages — имеющий право на компенсацию убытков

sounding in damages — имеющий целью взыскивание убытков (об иске)

to pay the damages — выплатить компенсацию за убытки

to double [treble\] damages — компенсировать убытки в двойном [тройном\] размере

to be awarded damages — получить право на возмещение убытков

to claim [seek\] damages — требовать возмещения убытков

to sue for damages — предъявлять иск о возмещении убытков

to pay [to repair\] damages — возмещать убытки

See:

aggravated damages, compensatory damages, exemplary damages, liquidated damages, prospective damages, proximate damages 2), punitive damages, statutory damages, unliquidated damages, vindictive damages,

3) эк., сленг цена, стоимость (чего-л.), трата, расход; размер счета (за что-л.)

What's the damage? — Сколько стоит? Почем?
2. гл.
общ. вредить, портить, наносить ущерб [урон\], повреждать

to seriously damage — серьезно повредить, нанести серьезный ущерб

to heavily [badly\] damage — сильно повредить, нанести сильный ущерб

to easily damage — легко повредить, нанести легкий ущерб

These activities may damage the environment. — Эта деятельность может нанести ущерб окружающей среде.

be damaged — пострадать, быть поврежденным

The house was damaged by fire. — Дом пострадал от огня.

The goods were damaged in transit. — Товары были повреждены при перевозке.

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Англо-русский экономический словарь > damage
15 вистраждати

1) ( зазнати страждань) to suffer badly (with, from); to endure

2) ( здобути ціною страждань) to achieve through much suffering

Українсько-англійський словник > вистраждати
16 severely

1. adv строго, сурово

to be punished too severely — быть слишком строго наказанным

2. adv тяжело, опасно

to be severely ill — тяжело болеть

3. adv сильно, тяжело

to suffer severely from the cold — очень страдать от холода

severely battered — сильно потрепанный

severely damaged — сильно поврежденный

4. adv сильно, чрезвычайно; значительно, существенно

the night was severely cold — ночь была очень холодная

5. adv строго, просто

severely plain — со строгой простотой

6. adv скрупулёзно

to be severely orthodox — быть строго ортодоксальным

Синонимический ряд:

1. seriously (adj.) brutally; critically; extremely; firmly; gravely; harshly; rigorously; seriously; strictly

2. greatly (other) badly; gravely; greatly; intensely; seriously; very

3. grimly (other) dourly; grimly; sternly; unsmilingly

4. hard (other) hard; hardly; harshly; painfully; roughly

5. rigorously (other) austerely; exactingly; inflexibly; oppressively; overbearingly; rigorously; strictly; stringently; tyrannically

English-Russian base dictionary > severely
17 mal

mal (plural maux) [mal, mo]

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1. adverb

2. invariable adjective

3. masculine noun

4. compounds

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► Lorsque mal est suivi d'un participe passé ou d'un adjectif, par exemple mal logé, mal aimé, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.

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   a. ( = de façon défectueuse) [organisé] badly ; [entretenu] poorly

• ce travail est mal fait this work hasn't been done properly

• il se nourrit mal he doesn't eat properly

• il travaille mal he doesn't do his work properly

• cette porte ferme mal this door doesn't shut properly

• j'ai mal dormi I didn't sleep well

• il parle mal l'anglais his English is poor

• tout va mal everything's going wrong

   b. ( = de façon répréhensible) [se conduire] badly

• tu trouves ça mal qu'il y soit allé ? do you think it was wrong of him to go?

   c. ( = de façon peu judicieuse) mal choisi ill-chosen

• mal inspiré ill-advised

• cette annonce tombe mal this announcement couldn't have come at a worse moment

   d. ( = avec difficulté) il respire mal he has difficulty in breathing

• ils vivent très mal avec un seul salaire they have difficulty living on a single income

• on s'explique mal pourquoi it is not easy to understand why

   e. (locutions)

► pas mal ( = assez bien) quite well ; ( = assez) quite

• il ne s'est pas trop mal débrouillé he managed quite well

• on n'est pas mal dans ces fauteuils these armchairs are quite comfortable

• ça va ? -- pas mal how are you? -- not bad

• on a pas mal travaillé aujourd'hui we've done a lot of work today

• il a pas mal vieilli he's aged► pas mal de ( = beaucoup) a lot of

• pas mal de gens pensent que... quite a lot of people think that...

• il y a pas mal de temps qu'il est parti he's been away for quite a time

2. <

   a. ( = contraire à la morale) wrong

• c'est mal de mentir it is wrong to lie

   b. ( = laid) ce tableau n'est pas mal this picture is quite nice

• tu n'es pas mal sur cette photo you look quite nice in this photo

   c. ( = malade) ill

• j'ai été mal toute la matinée I felt ill all morning

• le malade est au plus mal the patient's condition couldn't be worse

• je me sens mal quand il fait trop chaud too much heat doesn't agree with me

• elle s'est sentie mal she felt faint

• mal en point in a bad way

   d. ( = mal à l'aise) uncomfortable

• vous devez être mal sur ce banc you can't be comfortable on that seat

   e. ( = en mauvais termes) se mettre mal avec qn to get on the wrong side of sb

3. <

   a. (opposé au bien) le mal evil

• distinguer le bien du mal to tell right from wrong

• c'est un mal nécessaire it's a necessary evil

• les maux dont souffre notre société the ills afflicting our society

• dire du mal de to speak ill of

• sans penser à mal without meaning any harm

   b. ( = souffrance) pain ; ( = maladie) illness

• faire du mal à qn to harm sb

• il ne ferait pas de mal à une mouche he wouldn't hurt a fly

• mal de tête headache

• des maux d'estomac stomach pains

• le mal du siècle ( = fléau) the scourge of the age

► avoir mal

• je suis tombé -- tu as mal ? I've fallen -- does it hurt?

• où avez-vous mal ? where does it hurt?

• avoir mal partout to be aching all over

• avoir mal au cœur to feel sick (Brit) or nauseous (US)

• avoir mal à la gorge to have a sore throat

• avoir mal à la tête to have a headache

• j'ai mal au pied my foot hurts

• j'ai mal au dos I've got backache► faire mal to hurt

• des critiques qui font mal hurtful criticism

• ça va faire mal ! (inf) (confrontation, match) it's going to be tough!► faire mal à to hurt

• ces chaussures me font mal au pied these shoes hurt my feet

• se faire mal au genou to hurt one's knee

• ça me fait mal au cœur ( = ça me rend malade) it makes me feel sick ; ( = ça me fait de la peine) it breaks my heart ; ( = ça me révolte) it makes me sick

   c. ( = dommage) harm

• excusez-moi -- il n'y a pas de mal I'm sorry -- no harm done

• il n'y a pas de mal à ça there's no harm in that

• ça fait du mal au commerce it's not good for business

• vouloir du mal à qn to wish sb ill

• mettre à mal to harm

   d. ( = difficulté) difficulty

• on n'a rien sans mal you don't get anything without effort

• faire qch sans trop de mal to do sth without undue difficulty

• j'ai obtenu son accord, mais non sans mal ! I got him to agree, but it wasn't easy!

• il a dû prendre son mal en patience ( = attendre) he had to put up with the delay ; ( = supporter) he had to grin and bear it

• j'ai du mal I find it hard

► avoir du mal à faire qch to have trouble doing sth

► donner du mal à qn to give sb trouble

• ce travail m'a donné bien du mal this job gave me a lot of trouble

• se donner du mal pour faire qch to take trouble over sth

• ne vous donnez pas ce mal don't bother► en mal de [+ argent, idées] short of ; [+ tendresse, amour] yearning for

• être en mal d'inspiration to be lacking in inspiration

4. <

► mal de l'air airsickness

► mal de l'espace space sickness

► mal de mer seasickness

• avoir le mal de mer to be seasick ► mal des montagnes mountain sickness

► mal du pays homesickness

• avoir le mal du pays to be homesick ► mal des transports travel sickness

• pilule contre le mal des transports travel-sickness pill ► mal de vivre profound discontent

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1.

mpl maux mal, mo adjectif invariable

1) ( répréhensible) wrong

qu'a-t-elle fait de mal? — what has she done wrong?

2) ( mauvais) bad

ce ne serait pas mal de déménager — it wouldn't be a bad idea to move out; an

3) (colloq)

un film pas mal — a rather good film

elle est pas mal — ( physiquement) she's rather good looking

2.

nom masculin

1) ( peine) trouble, difficulty

sans mal — easily

avoir du mal à faire — to have trouble doing

se donner beaucoup de mal pour quelqu'un — to go to a great deal of trouble on somebody's account

ne te donne pas ce mal! — don't bother!

donne-toi un peu de mal! — make some effort!

2) ( douleur) pain

faire mal — lit, fig to hurt

se faire mal — to hurt oneself

j'ai mal — it hurts

avoir mal partout — to ache all over

elle avait très mal — she was in pain

ces bottes me font mal aux pieds — these boots hurt my feet

avoir mal à la gorge — to have a sore throat

j'ai mal aux yeux — my eyes are sore

ça me fait mal au ventre — lit it gives me a stomach-ache

3) ( maladie) illness, disease

mal sans gravité — minor illness

mal incurable — incurable disease

tu vas attraper du mal — (colloq) you'll catch something; remède, patience

4) ( manque)

être en mal d'inspiration — to be short of inspiration

être en mal d'affection — to be lacking in affection

5) ( dommage) harm

le mal est fait — the harm is done

faire du mal à — ( durablement) to harm; ( momentanément) to hurt [personne, économie]

il n'y a pas de mal — ( formule de politesse) there's no harm done

une douche ne te ferait pas de mal — hum a shower wouldn't do you any harm

mettre à mal quelque chose — to damage something

6) ( calamité)

qu'elle parte, est-ce vraiment un mal? — is it really a bad thing that she is leaving?

un mal à combattre — an evil that must be fought

7) ( méchanceté)

penser à mal — to have evil intentions

sans penser à mal — without meaning any harm

dire du mal de quelqu'un — to speak ill of somebody

8) Philosophie, Religion evil

3.

adverbe

1) ( avec incompétence) [fait, écrit] badly

elle travaille mal — her work isn't good

elle joue mal — ( maintenant) she's playing badly; ( en général) she's not a good player

s'y prendre mal avec quelqu'un — to deal with somebody the wrong way; étreindre

2) ( de manière défectueuse)

mal fonctionner — not to work properly

elle est mal en point — she's not too good; ( très grave) she's in a bad way

dire quelque chose mal à propos — to make an inappropriate remark

3) ( difficilement)

on voit mal comment — it's difficult to see how

marcher mal — [personne] to walk with difficulty

4) ( insuffisamment) [éclairé, payé] poorly

je t'entends mal — I can't hear you very well

mal entretenu — neglected; cordonnier

5) ( sans goût) [s'habiller] badly

6) ( de manière erronée) [diagnostiqué, adressé] wrongly

j'avais mal compris — I had misunderstood

mal informé — ill-informed

7) ( défavorablement)

aller mal — [personne] not to be well; [affaires] to go badly; [vêtement] not to fit well

se trouver mal — to faint

être mal (assis or couché) — not to be comfortable

être au plus mal — to be critically ill

ne le prenez pas mal — don't take it badly ou the wrong way

être mal avec quelqu'un — to be on bad terms with somebody

se mettre mal avec quelqu'un — to fall out with somebody

8) ( de manière criticable) [se conduire] badly

mal faire — to do wrong

se tenir mal — ( grossièrement) to have bad manners; ( voûté) to have a bad posture

il serait mal venu de faire — it would be unseemly to do; acquis

4.

pas mal (colloq) locution adverbiale ( beaucoup)

il a pas mal bu — he's had quite a lot to drink

elle a pas mal d'amis — she has quite a few friends

il est pas mal violent — he's rather violent

Phrasal Verbs:

- mal de l'air

- mal des grands ensembles

- mal de mer

- mal du pays

- mal du siècle

- mal des transports

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ça me ferait mal — (sl) ( d'étonnement) I'd be amazed; ( d'écœurement) it would really piss me off (sl)

entre or de deux maux il faut choisir le moindre — Proverbe it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils

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mal, mpl maux ⇒ Les douleurs et les maladies

A adj inv

1 ( répréhensible) wrong; qu'a-t-elle fait de mal? what has she done wrong?; c'est mal de faire it's wrong to do;

2 ( mauvais) bad; ce ne serait pas mal de déménager it wouldn't be a bad idea to move out; ⇒ an;

3 ○ un film pas mal a rather good film; elle est pas mal ( physiquement) she's rather good looking; c'est quelqu'un de pas mal ( sous tous rapports) he's/she's really nice; ‘et l'autre robe?’-‘pas mal!’ ‘and the other dress?’-‘it's not bad!’; pas mal la robe! what a great dress!

B nm

1 ( peine) sans mal easily; sans trop de mal quite easily; non sans mal not without difficulty; avoir du mal à faire to find it difficult to do; avoir beaucoup/un peu de mal à faire to find it very/a bit difficult to do; avoir un mal fou○ or de chien○ à faire to have a hell of a job○ doing; se donner du mal pour faire qch to go to a lot of trouble to do sth; se donner beaucoup de mal pour qn/pour faire qch to go to a great deal of trouble on sb's account/to do sth; ne te donne pas ce mal! don't bother!; donne-toi un peu de mal! make some effort!;

2 ( douleur) faire mal lit, fig to hurt; se faire mal to hurt oneself; ça ne fait pas mal it doesn't hurt; ça va faire mal lit it's going to hurt ou be painful; ( nouvel impôt) it's going to hurt; ( apprendre la vérité) it's going to be painful; ( être remarquable) it's going to be big○; j'ai mal it hurts; avoir mal partout to ache all over; elle avait très mal she was in pain; ma jambe me fait mal my leg hurts; ces bottes me font mal aux pieds these boots hurt my feet; avoir mal à la tête/à l'estomac to have a headache/a stomach-ache; avoir mal au dos/aux dents/aux oreilles to have backache/toothache/earache; avoir mal à la gorge to have a sore throat; j'ai mal aux yeux my eyes are sore; j'ai mal au genou/au cou/au doigt my knee/neck/finger hurts; j'ai mal au cœur I feel sick GB ou nauseous US; j'ai mal au ventre I have a stomach-ache; ça me fait mal au ventre lit it gives me a stomach-ache; fig○ I find it really upsetting; j 'ai mal aux articulations I have aching joints; souffrir mille maux to suffer the torments of the damned;

3 ( maladie) mal sans gravité minor illness; mal incurable incurable disease; le mal a progressé the disease has got GB ou gotten US worse; tu vas attraper du mal○ you'll catch something; ⇒ remède, patience;

4 ( manque) être en mal de ( ne pas avoir) to be short of; ( ne pas recevoir) to be lacking in; être en mal d'inspiration to be short of inspiration; être en mal d'affection to be lacking in affection;

5 ( dommage) le mal est fait the harm is done; faire du mal à ( durablement) to harm [personne, économie]; ( momentanément) to hurt [personne, économie]; il n'y a pas de mal or grand mal à cela there's no harm in that; il n'y a pas de mal ( formule de politesse) there's no harm done; une douche ne te fera pas de mal hum a shower wouldn't do you any harm; ne rien faire de mal not to do anything wrong; quel mal y a-t-il à cela? what harm is there in that?; mettre à mal qch to damage sth; mettre à mal qn to give sb a hard time;

6 ( calamité) qu'elle parte, est-ce vraiment un mal? is it really a bad thing that she is leaving?; un mal à combattre an evil that must be fought;

7 ( méchanceté) penser à mal to have evil intentions; sans songer or penser à mal without meaning any harm; dire du mal de qn/qch to speak ill of sb/sth; après avoir fait le mal pendant des années after years of evil-doing;

8 Philos, Relig evil; conflit entre le bien et le mal conflict between good and evil; forces du mal forces of evil.

C adv

1 ( avec incompétence) [fait, écrit, conçu, lire, conduire] badly; elle travaille mal her work isn't good; elle joue mal ( maintenant) she's playing badly; ( en général) she's not a good player; s'y prendre mal avec qn to deal with sb the wrong way; pas mal écrit/conçu rather well written/designed; pas trop mal écrit/conçu quite well written/designed; ⇒ étreindre;

2 ( de manière défectueuse) mal fonctionner/ouvrir not to work/open properly; fonctionner très mal not to work properly GB ou right US at all; enfant mal élevé badly brought up child; c'est un petit mal élevé he's a badly brought up little brat; elle est mal en point she's not too good; ( très grave) she's in a bad way; dire quelque chose mal à propos to make an inappropriate remark;

3 ( difficilement) ça s'explique mal it's difficult to explain; on voit mal comment it's difficult to see how; marcher mal [personne] to walk with difficulty;

4 ( insuffisamment) [éclairé] poorly, badly; [payé] badly; je t'entends mal I can't hear you very well; il entend mal ( permanent) he's slightly deaf, he doesn't hear very well; ils mangent mal they don't eat very well; je les connais mal I don't know them well; mal entretenu neglected; pas mal payé/équipé rather well-paid/-equipped; ⇒ cordonnier;

5 ( sans goût) [s'habiller, meubler] badly;

6 ( de manière erronée) [diagnostiqué, adressé] wrongly; mal m'a pris de faire ça I should never have done that; mal interpréter to misinterpret; j'avais mal compris I had misunderstood; mal informé ill-informed;

7 ( défavorablement) aller mal [personne] not to be well; [affaires, vie] to go badly; [vêtement] not to fit well; ‘comment va-t-elle?’-‘mal!’ ‘how is she?’-‘not very well!’; le vert te va pas mal○ green rather suits you!; aller de plus en plus mal [personne] to be getting worse; [affaires, vie] to get worse and worse; se sentir mal ( santé) not to feel well; ( mal à l'aise) to feel awkward; se trouver mal to faint; être mal [personne] to feel awful; être mal (assis or couché or installé) not to be comfortable; être au plus mal to be critically ill; être mal remis not to have fully recovered; dormir/tourner/commencer mal to sleep/to turn out/to begin badly; ne le prenez pas mal don't take it badly ou the wrong way; être mal avec qn to be on bad terms with sb; se mettre mal avec qn to fall out with sb; être mal vu not to be well thought of; aller pas mal○ [personne, affaires] to be fine;

8 ( de manière criticable) [se conduire] badly; mal faire to do wrong; ils nous traitent mal ( employeurs) they don't treat us well; traiter mal ( frapper) to ill-treat; se tenir mal ( grossièrement) to have bad manners; ( voûté) to have a bad posture; elle parle mal she uses bad language; tu as mal agi you shouldn't have done that; il serait mal venu de faire it would be unseemly to do; ⇒ acquis.

D ○ pas mal loc adv ( beaucoup) il a pas mal bu he's had quite a lot to drink; il a bu pas mal de bière he's drunk quite a lot of beer; elle a pas mal d'amis she has quite a few friends; il est pas mal violent he's rather violent; ça a mis pas mal de temps it took quite a long time.

Composés

mal de l'air airsickness; avoir le mal de l'air ( ponctuellement) to feel airsick; ( généralement) to suffer from airsickness; mal blanc whitlow; mal de dents toothache; avoir des maux de dents to have frequent toothache GB ou toothaches US; mal de dos backache ¢; mal d'estomac stomach-ache; avoir des maux d'estomac ( ponctuellement) to have a stomach-ache; ( souvent) to suffer from stomach-ache GB ou stomach-aches US; mal de gorge sore throat; avoir un mal de gorge to have a sore throat; avoir des maux de gorge to get sore throats; mal des grands ensembles social problems attendant on high-density housing; mal de mer seasickness; avoir le mal de mer ( ponctuellement) to feel seasick; ( généralement) to suffer from seasickness; mal du pays homesickness; avoir le mal du pays to feel homesick; mal du siècle world-weariness; mal de tête headache; avoir des maux de tête ( ponctuellement) to have headaches; ( souvent) to suffer from ou get headaches; mal des transports motion sickness; avoir le mal des transports to be prone to motion sickness.

Idiomes

ça me ferait mal (aux seins)◑ ( d'étonnement) I'd be amazed; ( d'écœurement) it would really piss me off◑; entre or de deux maux il faut choisir le moindre Prov it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.

[mal] ( pluriel maux [mo]) nom masculin

1. [souffrance physique] pain

avoir mal: où as-tu mal? where does it hurt?, where is the pain?

j'ai mal là it hurts ou it's painful here

j'ai mal aux dents I've got toothache (UK) ou a toothache (US)

j'ai mal aux oreilles I've got earache (UK) ou an earache (US)

j'ai mal à la tête I've got a headache

avoir mal à la gorge to have a sore throat

il a mal au ventre he has stomachache (UK) ou a stomachache

faire (du) mal à to hurt

ça vous fait encore mal? does it still hurt?, is it still hurting you?

aïe, ça fait mal! ouch, it ou that hurts!

se faire mal to hurt oneself

je me suis fait mal à la main I've hurt my hand

mal de dents toothache

mal de dos backache

mal de gorge sore throat

mal de tête headache

maux d'estomac stomach pains

ça me ferait mal au ventre (familier) it would make me sick

ça me ferait mal aux seins (très familier) it would really piss me off (très familier)

ça va faire mal! (familier & figuré) watch it, we're in for it now!

il n'y a pas de mal!

a. [après un heurt] no broken bones!

b. [après une erreur] no harm done!

mettre quelqu'un à mal ou à mal quelqu'un (soutenu) to manhandle ou to maltreat somebody

2. [maladie, malaise] illness, sickness, disease

tu vas attraper ou prendre du mal (familier) watch you don't get a cold

mal de l'air airsickness

mal blanc whitlow

mal de mer seasickness

avoir le mal de mer

a. [habituellement] to suffer from seasickness

b. [au cours d'un voyage] to be seasick

3. [dommage, tort] harm

le mal est fait the damage is done (now)

faire du mal à quelque chose to do harm to something, to harm ou to damage something

vouloir du mal à quelqu'un to wish somebody ill ou harm

il n'y a pas de mal à demander there's no harm in asking

et si j'en ai envie, où est le mal? and if that's what I feel like doing, what harm is there in that?

dire du mal de quelqu'un to gossip about somebody, to speak ill of somebody

penser du mal de quelqu'un to think ill of somebody

mal lui en a pris he's had cause to regret it

4. [douleur morale] pain

faire (du) mal à quelqu'un to hurt somebody, to make somebody suffer

quand j'y repense, ça me fait du ou ça fait mal it hurts to think about it

n'essaie pas de la revoir, ça te ferait du mal don't try to see her again, it'll only cause you pain ou upset you

5. [affliction, inconvénient] ill, evil

c'est un mal nécessaire it's a necessary evil

avoir le mal de vivre to be tired of life

entre deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre (proverbe) always choose the lesser evil ou the lesser of two evils

6. [difficulté, tracas] trouble (substantif non comptable), difficulty (substantif non comptable)

avoir du mal à faire quelque chose to have difficulty (in) ou trouble doing something

j'ai de plus en plus de mal à me souvenir des noms I'm finding it harder and harder to remember names

donner du mal à quelqu'un to give somebody trouble

se donner du mal: il a réussi sans se donner de mal he succeeded without much trouble

ne vous donnez pas tant de mal pour moi please don't go to all this trouble on my behalf

7. [par opposition au bien]

le mal evil

le bien et le mal right and wrong, good and evil

faire le mal pour le mal to commit evil for evil's sake

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[mal] adverbe

1. [désagréablement] wrong

tout va mal everything's going wrong

ça commence mal, c'est mal parti things are off to a bad start

ça va finir mal ou mal finir

a. [généralement] it'll end in disaster

b. [à des enfants turbulents] it'll all end in tears

il sera là aussi, ça tombe mal he'll be there too, which is unfortunate

tu tombes mal you've come at a bad time

2. [en mauvaise santé]

aller mal, se porter mal to be ill ou unwell, to be in poor health

3. [défavorablement] badly

elle a très mal pris que je lui donne des conseils she reacted badly ou she took exception to my giving her advice

ne le prends pas mal mais... I hope you won't be offended but..., don't take it the wrong way but...

être/se mettre mal avec quelqu'un to be/to get on the wrong side of somebody

4. [de façon incompétente ou imparfaite] badly, not properly

c'est du travail mal fait it's a shoddy piece of work

être mal fait (de sa personne) to be misshapen

cette veste lui va mal that jacket doesn't suit him

ça lui va mal de donner des conseils he's hardly in a position to hand out advice

je le connais mal I don't know him very well

s'ils croient que je vais me laisser faire, ils me connaissent mal! if they think I'm going to take it lying down, they don't know me very well!

je dors mal I have trouble sleeping

il mange mal

a. [salement] he's a messy eater

b. [trop peu] he doesn't eat enough

c. [mal équilibré] he doesn't eat properly

il parle mal he can't talk properly

elle parle mal l'allemand her German isn't very good

tu te tiens mal

a. [tu es voûté] you've got poor posture

b. [à table] you don't have any table manners

vivre mal quelque chose to have a bad time with something

je la vois mal en bermuda I can't quite see her in shorts

elle se voyait mal le lui demander (familier) she couldn't quite imagine ou she couldn't quite see herself asking him

s'y prendre mal: je m'y prends mal I'm not going about it the right way

elle s'y prend mal avec les enfants she's not very good with children

mal élevé bad-mannered, impolite

5. [insuffisamment] badly, poorly

vivre mal to have trouble making ends meet

être mal nourri

a. [trop peu] to be underfed ou undernourished

b. [avec de la mauvaise nourriture] to be fed bad ou poor food

6. [malhonnêtement - agir] badly

mal tourner to turn out badly

7. [inconfortablement] uncomfortably

être mal assis to be uncomfortably seated ou uncomfortable

on dort mal dans ton canapé-lit your sofa bed isn't very comfortable

8. (locution)

ça la fiche (familier) ou fout (très familier) mal it doesn't look good (très familier)

si je n'y vais pas, ça la fiche mal it won't look good if I don't go

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[mal] adjectif invariable

1. [immoral] wrong

c'est mal de tricher it's wrong to cheat

je n'ai rien dit/fait de mal I haven't said/done anything wrong

2. [malade] ill, unwell, not well

se trouver mal [s'évanouir] to faint, to pass out, to swoon (soutenu)

3. [peu satisfaisant]

ça n'était pas si mal [film, repas, prestation] it wasn't that bad

4. (familier) [fou] mad, crazy

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au plus mal locution adjectivale

1. [très malade] very sick, desperately ill, critical

2. [fâché]

être au plus mal avec quelqu'un to be at loggerheads with somebody

de mal en pis locution adverbiale

from bad to worse

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en mal de locution prépositionnelle

être en mal d'affection to be longing ou yearning for love

être en mal d'inspiration to be short of ou lacking inspiration

mal à l'aise locution adjectivale

uncomfortable, ill at ease

je suis mal à l'aise devant elle I feel ill at ease with her

mal à propos locution adverbiale

at the wrong time

faire une intervention mal à propos to speak out of turn

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mal portant ( féminin mal portante) locution adjectivale

unwell, in poor health

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > mal

18 Mal

mal (plural maux) [mal, mo]

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1. adverb

2. invariable adjective

3. masculine noun

4. compounds

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   a. ( = de façon défectueuse) [organisé] badly ; [entretenu] poorly

• ce travail est mal fait this work hasn't been done properly

• il se nourrit mal he doesn't eat properly

• il travaille mal he doesn't do his work properly

• cette porte ferme mal this door doesn't shut properly

• j'ai mal dormi I didn't sleep well

• il parle mal l'anglais his English is poor

• tout va mal everything's going wrong

   b. ( = de façon répréhensible) [se conduire] badly

• tu trouves ça mal qu'il y soit allé ? do you think it was wrong of him to go?

   c. ( = de façon peu judicieuse) mal choisi ill-chosen

• mal inspiré ill-advised

• cette annonce tombe mal this announcement couldn't have come at a worse moment

   d. ( = avec difficulté) il respire mal he has difficulty in breathing

• ils vivent très mal avec un seul salaire they have difficulty living on a single income

• on s'explique mal pourquoi it is not easy to understand why

   e. (locutions)

► pas mal ( = assez bien) quite well ; ( = assez) quite

• il ne s'est pas trop mal débrouillé he managed quite well

• on n'est pas mal dans ces fauteuils these armchairs are quite comfortable

• ça va ? -- pas mal how are you? -- not bad

• on a pas mal travaillé aujourd'hui we've done a lot of work today

• il a pas mal vieilli he's aged► pas mal de ( = beaucoup) a lot of

• pas mal de gens pensent que... quite a lot of people think that...

• il y a pas mal de temps qu'il est parti he's been away for quite a time

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   a. ( = contraire à la morale) wrong

• c'est mal de mentir it is wrong to lie

   b. ( = laid) ce tableau n'est pas mal this picture is quite nice

• tu n'es pas mal sur cette photo you look quite nice in this photo

   c. ( = malade) ill

• j'ai été mal toute la matinée I felt ill all morning

• le malade est au plus mal the patient's condition couldn't be worse

• je me sens mal quand il fait trop chaud too much heat doesn't agree with me

• elle s'est sentie mal she felt faint

• mal en point in a bad way

   d. ( = mal à l'aise) uncomfortable

• vous devez être mal sur ce banc you can't be comfortable on that seat

   e. ( = en mauvais termes) se mettre mal avec qn to get on the wrong side of sb

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   a. (opposé au bien) le mal evil

• distinguer le bien du mal to tell right from wrong

• c'est un mal nécessaire it's a necessary evil

• les maux dont souffre notre société the ills afflicting our society

• dire du mal de to speak ill of

• sans penser à mal without meaning any harm

   b. ( = souffrance) pain ; ( = maladie) illness

• faire du mal à qn to harm sb

• il ne ferait pas de mal à une mouche he wouldn't hurt a fly

• mal de tête headache

• des maux d'estomac stomach pains

• le mal du siècle ( = fléau) the scourge of the age

► avoir mal

• je suis tombé -- tu as mal ? I've fallen -- does it hurt?

• où avez-vous mal ? where does it hurt?

• avoir mal partout to be aching all over

• avoir mal au cœur to feel sick (Brit) or nauseous (US)

• avoir mal à la gorge to have a sore throat

• avoir mal à la tête to have a headache

• j'ai mal au pied my foot hurts

• j'ai mal au dos I've got backache► faire mal to hurt

• des critiques qui font mal hurtful criticism

• ça va faire mal ! (inf) (confrontation, match) it's going to be tough!► faire mal à to hurt

• ces chaussures me font mal au pied these shoes hurt my feet

• se faire mal au genou to hurt one's knee

• ça me fait mal au cœur ( = ça me rend malade) it makes me feel sick ; ( = ça me fait de la peine) it breaks my heart ; ( = ça me révolte) it makes me sick

   c. ( = dommage) harm

• excusez-moi -- il n'y a pas de mal I'm sorry -- no harm done

• il n'y a pas de mal à ça there's no harm in that

• ça fait du mal au commerce it's not good for business

• vouloir du mal à qn to wish sb ill

• mettre à mal to harm

   d. ( = difficulté) difficulty

• on n'a rien sans mal you don't get anything without effort

• faire qch sans trop de mal to do sth without undue difficulty

• j'ai obtenu son accord, mais non sans mal ! I got him to agree, but it wasn't easy!

• il a dû prendre son mal en patience ( = attendre) he had to put up with the delay ; ( = supporter) he had to grin and bear it

• j'ai du mal I find it hard

► avoir du mal à faire qch to have trouble doing sth

► donner du mal à qn to give sb trouble

• ce travail m'a donné bien du mal this job gave me a lot of trouble

• se donner du mal pour faire qch to take trouble over sth

• ne vous donnez pas ce mal don't bother► en mal de [+ argent, idées] short of ; [+ tendresse, amour] yearning for

• être en mal d'inspiration to be lacking in inspiration

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► mal de l'air airsickness

► mal de l'espace space sickness

► mal de mer seasickness

• avoir le mal de mer to be seasick ► mal des montagnes mountain sickness

► mal du pays homesickness

• avoir le mal du pays to be homesick ► mal des transports travel sickness

• pilule contre le mal des transports travel-sickness pill ► mal de vivre profound discontent

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1.

mpl maux mal, mo adjectif invariable

1) ( répréhensible) wrong

qu'a-t-elle fait de mal? — what has she done wrong?

2) ( mauvais) bad

ce ne serait pas mal de déménager — it wouldn't be a bad idea to move out; an

3) (colloq)

un film pas mal — a rather good film

elle est pas mal — ( physiquement) she's rather good looking

2.

nom masculin

1) ( peine) trouble, difficulty

sans mal — easily

avoir du mal à faire — to have trouble doing

se donner beaucoup de mal pour quelqu'un — to go to a great deal of trouble on somebody's account

ne te donne pas ce mal! — don't bother!

donne-toi un peu de mal! — make some effort!

2) ( douleur) pain

faire mal — lit, fig to hurt

se faire mal — to hurt oneself

j'ai mal — it hurts

avoir mal partout — to ache all over

elle avait très mal — she was in pain

ces bottes me font mal aux pieds — these boots hurt my feet

avoir mal à la gorge — to have a sore throat

j'ai mal aux yeux — my eyes are sore

ça me fait mal au ventre — lit it gives me a stomach-ache

3) ( maladie) illness, disease

mal sans gravité — minor illness

mal incurable — incurable disease

tu vas attraper du mal — (colloq) you'll catch something; remède, patience

4) ( manque)

être en mal d'inspiration — to be short of inspiration

être en mal d'affection — to be lacking in affection

5) ( dommage) harm

le mal est fait — the harm is done

faire du mal à — ( durablement) to harm; ( momentanément) to hurt [personne, économie]

il n'y a pas de mal — ( formule de politesse) there's no harm done

une douche ne te ferait pas de mal — hum a shower wouldn't do you any harm

mettre à mal quelque chose — to damage something

6) ( calamité)

qu'elle parte, est-ce vraiment un mal? — is it really a bad thing that she is leaving?

un mal à combattre — an evil that must be fought

7) ( méchanceté)

penser à mal — to have evil intentions

sans penser à mal — without meaning any harm

dire du mal de quelqu'un — to speak ill of somebody

8) Philosophie, Religion evil

3.

adverbe

1) ( avec incompétence) [fait, écrit] badly

elle travaille mal — her work isn't good

elle joue mal — ( maintenant) she's playing badly; ( en général) she's not a good player

s'y prendre mal avec quelqu'un — to deal with somebody the wrong way; étreindre

2) ( de manière défectueuse)

mal fonctionner — not to work properly

elle est mal en point — she's not too good; ( très grave) she's in a bad way

dire quelque chose mal à propos — to make an inappropriate remark

3) ( difficilement)

on voit mal comment — it's difficult to see how

marcher mal — [personne] to walk with difficulty

4) ( insuffisamment) [éclairé, payé] poorly

je t'entends mal — I can't hear you very well

mal entretenu — neglected; cordonnier

5) ( sans goût) [s'habiller] badly

6) ( de manière erronée) [diagnostiqué, adressé] wrongly

j'avais mal compris — I had misunderstood

mal informé — ill-informed

7) ( défavorablement)

aller mal — [personne] not to be well; [affaires] to go badly; [vêtement] not to fit well

se trouver mal — to faint

être mal (assis or couché) — not to be comfortable

être au plus mal — to be critically ill

ne le prenez pas mal — don't take it badly ou the wrong way

être mal avec quelqu'un — to be on bad terms with somebody

se mettre mal avec quelqu'un — to fall out with somebody

8) ( de manière criticable) [se conduire] badly

mal faire — to do wrong

se tenir mal — ( grossièrement) to have bad manners; ( voûté) to have a bad posture

il serait mal venu de faire — it would be unseemly to do; acquis

4.

pas mal (colloq) locution adverbiale ( beaucoup)

il a pas mal bu — he's had quite a lot to drink

elle a pas mal d'amis — she has quite a few friends

il est pas mal violent — he's rather violent

Phrasal Verbs:

- mal de l'air

- mal des grands ensembles

- mal de mer

- mal du pays

- mal du siècle

- mal des transports

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ça me ferait mal — (sl) ( d'étonnement) I'd be amazed; ( d'écœurement) it would really piss me off (sl)

entre or de deux maux il faut choisir le moindre — Proverbe it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils

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mal, mpl maux ⇒ Les douleurs et les maladies

A adj inv

1 ( répréhensible) wrong; qu'a-t-elle fait de mal? what has she done wrong?; c'est mal de faire it's wrong to do;

2 ( mauvais) bad; ce ne serait pas mal de déménager it wouldn't be a bad idea to move out; ⇒ an;

3 ○ un film pas mal a rather good film; elle est pas mal ( physiquement) she's rather good looking; c'est quelqu'un de pas mal ( sous tous rapports) he's/she's really nice; ‘et l'autre robe?’-‘pas mal!’ ‘and the other dress?’-‘it's not bad!’; pas mal la robe! what a great dress!

B nm

1 ( peine) sans mal easily; sans trop de mal quite easily; non sans mal not without difficulty; avoir du mal à faire to find it difficult to do; avoir beaucoup/un peu de mal à faire to find it very/a bit difficult to do; avoir un mal fou○ or de chien○ à faire to have a hell of a job○ doing; se donner du mal pour faire qch to go to a lot of trouble to do sth; se donner beaucoup de mal pour qn/pour faire qch to go to a great deal of trouble on sb's account/to do sth; ne te donne pas ce mal! don't bother!; donne-toi un peu de mal! make some effort!;

2 ( douleur) faire mal lit, fig to hurt; se faire mal to hurt oneself; ça ne fait pas mal it doesn't hurt; ça va faire mal lit it's going to hurt ou be painful; ( nouvel impôt) it's going to hurt; ( apprendre la vérité) it's going to be painful; ( être remarquable) it's going to be big○; j'ai mal it hurts; avoir mal partout to ache all over; elle avait très mal she was in pain; ma jambe me fait mal my leg hurts; ces bottes me font mal aux pieds these boots hurt my feet; avoir mal à la tête/à l'estomac to have a headache/a stomach-ache; avoir mal au dos/aux dents/aux oreilles to have backache/toothache/earache; avoir mal à la gorge to have a sore throat; j'ai mal aux yeux my eyes are sore; j'ai mal au genou/au cou/au doigt my knee/neck/finger hurts; j'ai mal au cœur I feel sick GB ou nauseous US; j'ai mal au ventre I have a stomach-ache; ça me fait mal au ventre lit it gives me a stomach-ache; fig○ I find it really upsetting; j 'ai mal aux articulations I have aching joints; souffrir mille maux to suffer the torments of the damned;

3 ( maladie) mal sans gravité minor illness; mal incurable incurable disease; le mal a progressé the disease has got GB ou gotten US worse; tu vas attraper du mal○ you'll catch something; ⇒ remède, patience;

4 ( manque) être en mal de ( ne pas avoir) to be short of; ( ne pas recevoir) to be lacking in; être en mal d'inspiration to be short of inspiration; être en mal d'affection to be lacking in affection;

5 ( dommage) le mal est fait the harm is done; faire du mal à ( durablement) to harm [personne, économie]; ( momentanément) to hurt [personne, économie]; il n'y a pas de mal or grand mal à cela there's no harm in that; il n'y a pas de mal ( formule de politesse) there's no harm done; une douche ne te fera pas de mal hum a shower wouldn't do you any harm; ne rien faire de mal not to do anything wrong; quel mal y a-t-il à cela? what harm is there in that?; mettre à mal qch to damage sth; mettre à mal qn to give sb a hard time;

6 ( calamité) qu'elle parte, est-ce vraiment un mal? is it really a bad thing that she is leaving?; un mal à combattre an evil that must be fought;

7 ( méchanceté) penser à mal to have evil intentions; sans songer or penser à mal without meaning any harm; dire du mal de qn/qch to speak ill of sb/sth; après avoir fait le mal pendant des années after years of evil-doing;

8 Philos, Relig evil; conflit entre le bien et le mal conflict between good and evil; forces du mal forces of evil.

C adv

1 ( avec incompétence) [fait, écrit, conçu, lire, conduire] badly; elle travaille mal her work isn't good; elle joue mal ( maintenant) she's playing badly; ( en général) she's not a good player; s'y prendre mal avec qn to deal with sb the wrong way; pas mal écrit/conçu rather well written/designed; pas trop mal écrit/conçu quite well written/designed; ⇒ étreindre;

2 ( de manière défectueuse) mal fonctionner/ouvrir not to work/open properly; fonctionner très mal not to work properly GB ou right US at all; enfant mal élevé badly brought up child; c'est un petit mal élevé he's a badly brought up little brat; elle est mal en point she's not too good; ( très grave) she's in a bad way; dire quelque chose mal à propos to make an inappropriate remark;

3 ( difficilement) ça s'explique mal it's difficult to explain; on voit mal comment it's difficult to see how; marcher mal [personne] to walk with difficulty;

4 ( insuffisamment) [éclairé] poorly, badly; [payé] badly; je t'entends mal I can't hear you very well; il entend mal ( permanent) he's slightly deaf, he doesn't hear very well; ils mangent mal they don't eat very well; je les connais mal I don't know them well; mal entretenu neglected; pas mal payé/équipé rather well-paid/-equipped; ⇒ cordonnier;

5 ( sans goût) [s'habiller, meubler] badly;

6 ( de manière erronée) [diagnostiqué, adressé] wrongly; mal m'a pris de faire ça I should never have done that; mal interpréter to misinterpret; j'avais mal compris I had misunderstood; mal informé ill-informed;

7 ( défavorablement) aller mal [personne] not to be well; [affaires, vie] to go badly; [vêtement] not to fit well; ‘comment va-t-elle?’-‘mal!’ ‘how is she?’-‘not very well!’; le vert te va pas mal○ green rather suits you!; aller de plus en plus mal [personne] to be getting worse; [affaires, vie] to get worse and worse; se sentir mal ( santé) not to feel well; ( mal à l'aise) to feel awkward; se trouver mal to faint; être mal [personne] to feel awful; être mal (assis or couché or installé) not to be comfortable; être au plus mal to be critically ill; être mal remis not to have fully recovered; dormir/tourner/commencer mal to sleep/to turn out/to begin badly; ne le prenez pas mal don't take it badly ou the wrong way; être mal avec qn to be on bad terms with sb; se mettre mal avec qn to fall out with sb; être mal vu not to be well thought of; aller pas mal○ [personne, affaires] to be fine;

8 ( de manière criticable) [se conduire] badly; mal faire to do wrong; ils nous traitent mal ( employeurs) they don't treat us well; traiter mal ( frapper) to ill-treat; se tenir mal ( grossièrement) to have bad manners; ( voûté) to have a bad posture; elle parle mal she uses bad language; tu as mal agi you shouldn't have done that; il serait mal venu de faire it would be unseemly to do; ⇒ acquis.

D ○ pas mal loc adv ( beaucoup) il a pas mal bu he's had quite a lot to drink; il a bu pas mal de bière he's drunk quite a lot of beer; elle a pas mal d'amis she has quite a few friends; il est pas mal violent he's rather violent; ça a mis pas mal de temps it took quite a long time.

Composés

mal de l'air airsickness; avoir le mal de l'air ( ponctuellement) to feel airsick; ( généralement) to suffer from airsickness; mal blanc whitlow; mal de dents toothache; avoir des maux de dents to have frequent toothache GB ou toothaches US; mal de dos backache ¢; mal d'estomac stomach-ache; avoir des maux d'estomac ( ponctuellement) to have a stomach-ache; ( souvent) to suffer from stomach-ache GB ou stomach-aches US; mal de gorge sore throat; avoir un mal de gorge to have a sore throat; avoir des maux de gorge to get sore throats; mal des grands ensembles social problems attendant on high-density housing; mal de mer seasickness; avoir le mal de mer ( ponctuellement) to feel seasick; ( généralement) to suffer from seasickness; mal du pays homesickness; avoir le mal du pays to feel homesick; mal du siècle world-weariness; mal de tête headache; avoir des maux de tête ( ponctuellement) to have headaches; ( souvent) to suffer from ou get headaches; mal des transports motion sickness; avoir le mal des transports to be prone to motion sickness.

Idiomes

ça me ferait mal (aux seins)◑ ( d'étonnement) I'd be amazed; ( d'écœurement) it would really piss me off◑; entre or de deux maux il faut choisir le moindre Prov it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.

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19 hit

1. transitive verb,
-tt-, hit

1) (strike with blow) schlagen; (strike with missile) treffen; [Geschoss, Ball usw.:] treffen

I've been hit! — (struck by bullet) ich bin getroffen!

I could hit him — (fig. coll.) ich könnte ihm eine runterhauen (ugs.)

hit somebody over the head — jemandem eins überziehen (ugs.)

hit by lightning — vom Blitz getroffen

2) (come forcibly into contact with) [Fahrzeug:] prallen gegen [Mauer usw.]; [Schiff:] laufen gegen [Felsen usw.]

the aircraft hit the ground — das Flugzeug schlug auf den Boden auf

hit the roof or ceiling — (fig. coll.): (become angry) an die Decke od. in die Luft gehen (ugs.)

3) (cause to come into contact) [an]stoßen; [an]schlagen

hit one's head on something — mit dem Kopf gegen etwas stoßen; sich (Dat.) den Kopf an etwas (Dat.) stoßen

4) (fig.): (cause to suffer)

hit badly or hard — schwer treffen

5) (fig.): (affect) treffen

have been hit by frost/rain — etc. durch Frost/Regen usw. gelitten haben

6) (fig.): (light upon) finden; stoßen od. treffen auf (+ Akk.); finden [Bodenschätze]

7) (fig. coll.): (arrive at) erreichen [Höchstform, bestimmten Ort, bestimmte Höhe, bestimmtes Alter usw.]

I think we've hit a snag — ich glaube, jetzt gibt's Probleme

hit town — ankommen; see also academic.ru/1849/all-time">all-time

8) (fig. coll.): (indulge in) zuschlagen bei (+ Dat.) (salopp)

[begin to] hit the bottle — das Trinken anfangen

9) (Cricket) erzielen [Lauf]

hit the ball for six — (Brit.) sechs Läufe auf einmal erzielen

hit somebody for six — (fig.) jemanden übertrumpfen
2. intransitive verb,
-tt-, hit

1) (direct a blow) schlagen

hit hard — fest od. hart zuschlagen

hit at somebody/something — auf jemanden/etwas einschlagen

hit and run — [Autofahrer:] Fahrer- od. Unfallflucht begehen; [Angreifer:] einen Blitzüberfall machen

2) (come into forcible contact)

hit against or upon something — gegen od. auf etwas (Akk.) stoßen
3. noun
1) (blow) Schlag, der

2) (shot or bomb striking target) Treffer, der

3) (success) Erfolg, der; Knüller, der (ugs.); (success in entertainment) Schlager, der; Hit, der (ugs.)

make a hit — gut ankommen

Phrasal Verbs:

- hit back

- hit off

- hit out

- hit upon

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[hit] 1. present participle - hitting; verb
1) (to (cause or allow to) come into hard contact with: The ball hit him on the head; He hit his head on/against a low branch; The car hit a lamp-post; He hit me on the head with a bottle; He was hit by a bullet; That boxer can certainly hit hard!) schlagen, treffen

2) (to make hard contact with (something), and force or cause it to move in some direction: The batsman hit the ball (over the wall).) stoßen

3) (to cause to suffer: The farmers were badly hit by the lack of rain; Her husband's death hit her hard.) treffen

4) (to find; to succeed in reaching: His second arrow hit the bull's-eye; Take the path across the fields and you'll hit the road; She used to be a famous soprano but she cannot hit the high notes now.) treffen
2. noun
1) (the act of hitting: That was a good hit.) der Schlag

2) (a point scored by hitting a target etc: He scored five hits.) der Treffer

3) (something which is popular or successful: The play/record is a hit; ( also adjective) a hit song.) der Hit, Hit-...

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- hit-and-run
- hit-or-miss
- hit back
- hit below the belt
- hit it off
- hit on
- hit out
- make a hit with
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hit

[hɪt]

I. n

1. (blow) Schlag m

to give sb a \hit [on the head] jdm einen Schlag [auf den Kopf] versetzen

2. (verbal blow) Seitenhieb m (at gegen + akk)

3. (shot) Treffer m

to suffer [or take] a direct \hit direkt getroffen werden

the hurricane scored a direct \hit on Miami der Orkan traf Miami mit voller Wucht

4. (collision) Aufprall m

few animals survive a \hit from a speeding car nur wenige Tiere überleben es, wenn sie von einem Auto angefahren werden

5. (success) Hit m fam

to be [or make] a [big] \hit with sb bei jdm gut ankommen

she's trying to make a \hit with my brother sie versucht, bei meinem Bruder zu landen fam

6. (in baseball) Hit m

to score a \hit einen Punkt machen

7. (sl: single dose of drug) Schuss m sl

8. esp AM ( fam: murder)

to score a \hit jdn umlegen fam

9. INET (visit to a web page) Besuch m einer Webseite

10. COMPUT (in database) Treffer m

11.

▶ to get a \hit from doing sth (sl) von etw dat einen Kick kriegen sl

▶ to take a [big] \hit einen [großen] Verlust hinnehmen [müssen]

II. n modifier (CD, musical) Hit-

\hit song Hit m

his musical was a \hit show sein Musical war ein Riesenerfolg

she had a one-\hit wonder five years ago sie hatte vor fünf Jahren einen einzigen Hit

III. vt

<-tt-, hit, hit>

1. (strike)

▪ to \hit sb/an animal jdn/ein Tier schlagen

to \hit sb a blow jdm einen Schlag versetzen

to \hit sb below the belt ( also fig) jdm einen Schlag unter die Gürtellinie versetzen a. fig

to \hit sb on [or over] the head jdn niederschlagen

to \hit sb in the stomach jdm einen Schlag in den Magen versetzen

to \hit sb where it hurts ( fig) jdn an einer empfindlichen Stelle treffen fig

2. (come in contact)

▪ to \hit sb/sth jdn/etw treffen

the house was \hit by lightning in das Haus schlug der Blitz ein

to \hit sb hard jdn schwer treffen

3. (touch, press)

to \hit a button einen Knopf drücken

to \hit a key auf eine Taste drücken

4. (crash into)

▪ to \hit sth gegen etw akk stoßen

their car \hit a tree ihr Auto krachte gegen einen Baum fam

she \hit her head on the edge of the table sie schlug sich den Kopf an der Tischkante an

the glass \hit the floor das Glas fiel zu Boden

to \hit an iceberg mit einem Eisberg kollidieren

5. (with missile)

▪ to be \hit getroffen werden

I've been \hit! mich hat's erwischt! fam

John was \hit in the leg John wurde am Bein getroffen

6. SPORT

to \hit a ball [with a bat] einen Ball [mit einem Schläger] treffen

to \hit sb below the belt jdn unter der Gürtellinie treffen

to \hit a century hundert Punkte erzielen

to \hit a home run einen Homerun erzielen

7. (affect negatively)

▪ to \hit sb/sth jdn/etw treffen

San Francisco was \hit by an earthquake last night San Francisco wurde letzte Nacht von einem Erdbeben erschüttert

to be badly \hit by sth von etw dat hart getroffen werden

production has been badly \hit by the strike die Produktion leidet sehr unter dem Streik

8. ( fam: arrive at)

▪ to \hit sth:

we should \hit the main road after five miles or so wir müssten nach ungefähr fünf Meilen auf die Hauptstraße stoßen

my sister \hit forty last week meine Schwester wurde letzte Woche 40

to \hit the headlines in die Schlagzeilen kommen

to \hit an internet page [or a web site] eine Webseite besuchen

to \hit the market auf den Markt kommen

to \hit the papers in die Zeitungen kommen

to \hit 200 kph 200 Sachen machen fam

to \hit rock bottom [or an all-time low] einen historischen Tiefstand erreichen

to \hit a patch of ice auf Glatteis geraten

to \hit a reef/a sandbank auf ein Riff/eine Sandbank auflaufen

9. ( fam: go to)

we \hit the snack bar for something to eat wir gingen in die Snackbar und kauften uns was zu essen

let's \hit the dance floor lass uns tanzen!

10. (encounter)

to \hit oil auf Öl stoßen

to \hit a bad [or sticky] patch in eine Krise geraten

to \hit a lot of resistance auf heftigen Widerstand stoßen

to \hit the rush hour/a traffic jam in die Stoßzeit/einen Stau geraten

to \hit trouble in Schwierigkeiten geraten

11. (occur to)

▪ to \hit sb jdm aufgehen [o auffallen]

it suddenly \hit me that... mir war plötzlich klar, dass

has it ever \hit you...? ist dir schon mal aufgefallen,...

12. (produce)

to \hit a [wrong] note einen [falschen] Ton treffen

to \hit the right note speech den richtigen Ton treffen fig

13. ( fam: murder)

▪ to \hit sb jdn umlegen fam

14. ( fam: ask for)

▪ to \hit sb [up] for sth jdn nach etw dat fragen

15.

▶ to \hit the books büffeln fam

▶ to \hit the bottle zur Flasche greifen fig

▶ to \hit the ceiling [or roof] an die Decke gehen fig fam

▶ to \hit the deck [or dirt] sich akk zu Boden werfen

\hit the deck! someone's coming! alle Mann runter! da kommt jemand!

▶ sth \hits sb between the eyes etw springt jdm ins Auge fig

▶ to \hit the ground running etw voller Begeisterung angehen fam

▶ to \hit the hay [or sack] in die Falle gehen fig fam

▶ to \hit home:

the full horror of the war only \hit home when we... die Schrecklichkeit des Krieges wurde uns erst so richtig bewusst, als...

his insults really \hit home! seine Beleidigungen saßen! fam

▶ to \hit the jackpot das große Los ziehen

▶ to not know what has \hit one aus allen Wolken fallen fam

▶ to \hit the nail on the head den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen fig

▶ to \hit the road sich akk auf den Weg machen

▶ to \hit sb for six BRIT jdn hart treffen

▶ sth really \hits the spot etw ist genau das Richtige

▶ to \hit one's stride seinen Rhythmus finden

IV. vi

1. (strike)

▪ to \hit [at sb/sth] [nach jdm/etw] schlagen

to \hit hard kräftig zuschlagen

2. (collide)

two cars \hit on the sharp bend zwei Autos stießen in der scharfen Kurve zusammen

3. (attack)

▪ to \hit at sb ( also fig) jdn attackieren a. fig

4. (take effect) wirken

we sat waiting for the alcohol to \hit wir warteten, bis der Alkohol wirkte

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[hɪt] vb: pret, ptp hit
1. n

1) (= blow) Schlag m; (on target, FENCING) Treffer m; (BASEBALL) Schlag m → score

See:

→ score

2) (= success ALSO THEAT) Erfolg m, Knüller m (inf); (= song) Hit m

to be or make a ( big) hit with sb — bei jdm (ausgesprochen) gut ankommen

3) (of sarcasm etc) Spitze f

that's a hit at me — das ist eine Spitze gegen mich; (indirect also) das ist auf mich gemünzt

4) (INTERNET) Hit m; (on home page etc) Abrufzahlen pl

hits counter — Zugriffs- or Besucherzähler m, Counter m

5) (DRUGS inf) (= injection) Schuss m; (= drag) Zug m

6) (inf: murder) Mord m

2. vt

1) (= strike) schlagen; (COMPUT) key drücken

to hit sb a blow — jdm einen Schlag versetzen

he hit him a blow over the head — er gab ihm einen Schlag auf den Kopf

to hit one's head against sth — sich (dat) den Kopf an etw (dat) stoßen

he hit his head on the table — er schlug mit dem Kopf auf dem Tisch auf

the car hit a tree — das Auto fuhr gegen einen Baum

he was hit by a stone —

the house was hit by a shell — das Haus wurde von einer Granate getroffen

the tree was hit by lightning —

to hit one's way out of trouble (Tennis) (Boxing) we're going to hit the enemy as hard as we can — sich freischlagen sich freispielen sich freiboxen wir werden so hart wie möglich gegen den Feind vorgehen

the commandos hit the town at dawn — die Kommandos griffen die Stadt im Morgengrauen an

the hurricane hit Miami last night — der Hurrikan erreichte gestern Abend Miami

the courts will hit drug pushers hard — die Gerichte werden hart gegen Dealer vorgehen

the smell hit me as I entered the room — der Geruch schlug mir entgegen, als ich ins Zimmer kam

he didn't know what had hit him (inf) — er wusste nicht, wie ihm geschah

you won't know what has hit you (inf) — du wirst dein blaues Wunder erleben (inf)

2) (= wound) treffen

he's been hit in the leg —

I've been hit! — ich bin getroffen worden, mich hats erwischt (inf)

3) mark, target treffen

that hit home (fig) — das hat getroffen, das saß (inf)

you've hit it (on the head) (fig) — du hast es (genau) getroffen

4) (= affect adversely) betreffen

the crops were hit by the rain — der Regen hat der Ernte geschadet

to be hard hit by sth — von etw schwer getroffen werden

how will this tax hit you? — wie wird sich diese Steuer auf Sie auswirken?

5) (= achieve, reach) likeness, top C treffen; speed, level, top form etc erreichen

6)

(news, story) to hit the papers — in die Zeitungen kommen

the news hit us/Wall Street like a bombshell — die Nachricht schlug bei uns/in Wall Street wie eine Bombe ein

7)

(= occur to) to hit sb — jdm aufgehen

has it ever hit you how alike they are? — ist dir schon mal aufgefallen, wie ähnlich sie sich sind?

8) (= come to, arrive at) beaches etc erreichen

to hit town (inf) —

we eventually hit the right road — schließlich haben wir den richtigen Weg gefunden or erwischt (inf)

we're going to hit the rush hour — wir geraten or kommen direkt in den Stoßverkehr

the driver hit a patch of ice — der Fahrer geriet auf eine vereiste Stelle

to hit trouble/a problem — auf Schwierigkeiten/ein Problem stoßen

9) (= score) schlagen

to hit a century — hundert Läufe machen

10) (inf: murder) killen (inf), umlegen (inf)

11) (US inf)

to hit sb for 50 dollars — jdn um 50 Dollar anhauen (inf)

12)

(fig inf phrases) to hit the bottle — zur Flasche greifen

to hit the roof — an die Decke or in die Luft gehen (inf)

to hit the deck — sich zu Boden werfen, sich hinwerfen

the vase hit the deck and shattered — die Vase schlug or knallte (inf) auf den Boden und zerschellte

to hit the dance floor —

let's hit the floor — lass uns tanzen

to hit the road — sich auf den Weg or die Socken (inf) machen

in April the candidates will hit the campaign trail — im April werden sich die Kandidaten in den Wahlkampf stürzen

to hit the ground running (person) — sofort alles im Griff haben

3. vi

1) (= strike) schlagen

he hits hard — er schlägt hart zu

2) (= collide) zusammenstoßen

3) (= attack, go in) losschlagen

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hit [hıt]

A s

1. Schlag m, Hieb m

2. auch SPORT und fig Treffer m:

make ( oder score) a hit

a) einen Treffer erzielen,

b) fig gut ankommen ( with bei)

3. Glücksfall m, -treffer m

4. Hit m (Buch, Schlager etc):

it (he) was a big hit es (er) hat groß eingeschlagen

5. a) treffende Bemerkung, guter Einfall

b) Hieb m (at gegen), sarkastische Bemerkung:

that was a hit at me das ging gegen mich

6. TYPO US (Ab)Druck m

7. sl Schuss m (Drogeninjektion):

give o.s. a hit sich einen Schuss setzen oder drücken

8. umg ( von einem hit man ausgeführter) Mord

B v/t prät und pperf hit

1. schlagen, einen Schlag versetzen (dat):

the door hit me in the face ich bekam die Tür ins Gesicht; → hard B 2

2. (auch fig seelisch, finanziell etc) treffen:

he was hit by a bullet (on the head) er wurde von einer Kugel (am Kopf) getroffen;

hit the nail on the head fig den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen;

he’s badly hit ihn hat es schlimm erwischt umg;

hit the ( oder one’s) books US umg büffeln;

hit the bottle umg saufen;

hit it sl sich in die Falle oder Klappe hauen; → brick A 1, ceiling 1, deck A 1, hard B 2, hay¹ A 1, road 1, sack¹ A 6

3. a) AUTO etc jemanden oder etwas anfahren, etwas rammen:

be hit by a car auch von einem Auto erfasst werden;

hit a mine SCHIFF auf eine Mine laufen

b) aufschlagen oder auftreffen auf (akk)

4. hit one’s head against ( oder on) sich den Kopf anschlagen an (dat), mit dem Kopf stoßen gegen

5. hit sb a blow jemandem einen Schlag versetzen

6. besonders fig stoßen oder kommen auf (akk), finden:

hit oil auf Öl stoßen;

hit the right road auf die richtige Straße kommen;

hit the right solution die richtige Lösung finden;

you have hit it! du hast es getroffen!, so ist es!

7. hit sb’s fancy ( oder taste) jemandes Geschmack treffen, jemandem zusagen

8. fig geißeln, scharf kritisieren

9. erreichen, etwas schaffen:

the car hits 100 mph;

prices hit an all-time high die Preise erreichten eine Rekordhöhe; → front page, headline A 1

10. genau treffen oder wiedergeben, treffend nachahmen, überzeugend darstellen oder schildern

11. besonders US umg jemanden anhauen, anpumpen ( beide:

for um)

12. umg ankommen in (dat):

hit town die Stadt erreichen

13. besonders US sl jemanden umlegen (hit man)

C v/i

1. treffen

2. schlagen (at nach):

hit hard einen harten Schlag haben

3. stoßen, schlagen ( beide:

against gegen;

on, upon auf akk)

4. MIL einschlagen (Granate etc)

5. hit (up)on fig → B 6

6. AUTO US umg zünden, laufen:

hit on all four cylinders gut laufen (a. fig)

7. auch hit up sl schießen (Heroin etc spritzen)

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1. transitive verb,
-tt-, hit

1) (strike with blow) schlagen; (strike with missile) treffen; [Geschoss, Ball usw.:] treffen

I've been hit! — (struck by bullet) ich bin getroffen!

I could hit him — (fig. coll.) ich könnte ihm eine runterhauen (ugs.)

hit somebody over the head — jemandem eins überziehen (ugs.)

hit by lightning — vom Blitz getroffen

2) (come forcibly into contact with) [Fahrzeug:] prallen gegen [Mauer usw.]; [Schiff:] laufen gegen [Felsen usw.]

the aircraft hit the ground — das Flugzeug schlug auf den Boden auf

hit the roof or ceiling — (fig. coll.): (become angry) an die Decke od. in die Luft gehen (ugs.)

3) (cause to come into contact) [an]stoßen; [an]schlagen

hit one's head on something — mit dem Kopf gegen etwas stoßen; sich (Dat.) den Kopf an etwas (Dat.) stoßen

4) (fig.): (cause to suffer)

hit badly or hard — schwer treffen

5) (fig.): (affect) treffen

have been hit by frost/rain — etc. durch Frost/Regen usw. gelitten haben

6) (fig.): (light upon) finden; stoßen od. treffen auf (+ Akk.); finden [Bodenschätze]

7) (fig. coll.): (arrive at) erreichen [Höchstform, bestimmten Ort, bestimmte Höhe, bestimmtes Alter usw.]

I think we've hit a snag — ich glaube, jetzt gibt's Probleme

hit town — ankommen; see also all-time

8) (fig. coll.): (indulge in) zuschlagen bei (+ Dat.) (salopp)

[begin to] hit the bottle — das Trinken anfangen

9) (Cricket) erzielen [Lauf]

hit the ball for six — (Brit.) sechs Läufe auf einmal erzielen

hit somebody for six — (fig.) jemanden übertrumpfen
2. intransitive verb,
-tt-, hit

1) (direct a blow) schlagen

hit hard — fest od. hart zuschlagen

hit at somebody/something — auf jemanden/etwas einschlagen

hit and run — [Autofahrer:] Fahrer- od. Unfallflucht begehen; [Angreifer:] einen Blitzüberfall machen

2) (come into forcible contact)

hit against or upon something — gegen od. auf etwas (Akk.) stoßen
3. noun
1) (blow) Schlag, der

2) (shot or bomb striking target) Treffer, der

3) (success) Erfolg, der; Knüller, der (ugs.); (success in entertainment) Schlager, der; Hit, der (ugs.)

make a hit — gut ankommen

Phrasal Verbs:

- hit back

- hit off

- hit out

- hit upon

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n.

Hieb -e m.

Hit -s m.

Stoß ¨-e m.

Treffer - m. v.

(§ p.,p.p.: hit)

= anschlagen v.

aufschlagen v.

schlagen v.

(§ p.,pp.: schlug, geschlagen)

treffen v.

(§ p.,pp.: traf, getroffen)

English-german dictionary > hit

20 mal

adj.

1 bad, evil.

2 bad, poor.

3 bad, deficient, low-quality.

adv.

1 wrong (incorrectamente).

hacer algo mal to do something wrong

has escrito mal esta palabra you've spelled that word wrong

hiciste mal en decírselo it was wrong of you to tell him

portarse mal to behave badly

2 badly (inadecuadamente).

la conferencia/reunión salió mal the talk/meeting went badly

mal vestido badly dressed

oigo/veo mal I can't hear/see very well

esta puerta cierra mal this door doesn't shut properly

Haces las cosas mal siempre! You always do things badly!

3 hardly.

mal puede saberlo si no se lo cuentas he's hardly going to know it if you don't tell him

4 barely, hardly.

Mal pudimos dormir esa noche We could barely sleep that night.

m.

1 harm, damage (daño).

no te hará ningún mal salir un rato it won't harm you o it won't do you any harm to go out for a while

mal de ojo evil eye

2 illness.

mal de altura o montaña altitude o mountain sickness

el mal de las vacas locas mad cow disease

3 evil.

4 wrong.

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mal

► nombre masculino

1 evil

■ el bien y el mal good and evil

■ luchar contra el mal to fight against evil

2 (daño) harm

3 (enfermedad) sickness

► adjetivo

1 (forma apocopada de malo) bad

■ este ha sido mal año de fresas this has been a bad year for strawberries

► adverbio

1 (no adecuadamente) badly

■ se portó mal con nosotros he treated us badly

2 (enfermo) ill, sick

■ me encuentro mal I feel ill, I don't feel well

3 (incorrectamente) wrong

■ lo has hecho mal you've done it wrong

4 (difícilmente) hardly, scarcely

■ veo muy mal desde aquí I can hardly see from here

5 (desagradablemente) bad

■ aquí huele mal it smells bad in here

■ como sigas así, acabarás mal if you keep on like that, you'll end up in trouble

6 (en frases negativas) bad, badly

■ la película no está mal the film's not bad

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

a grandes males, grandes remedios desperate situations call for desperate measures

de mal en peor from bad to worse

estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody

mal que bien one way or another

mal que les (te, etc) pese whether they (you, etc) like it or not

menos mal que... it's a good job that..., thank God that...

no hay mal que cien años dure nothing goes on forever

no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining

mal de altura altitude sickness

mal de ojo evil eye

mal de la rosa pellagra

mal de la tierra homesickness

mal francés syphilis

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1. adv.
1) badly, poorly

2) hardly

3) wrong
2. noun m.
1) evil

2) wrong

3) harm

4) misfortune

5) illness, disease
3. adj.
(see malo. Used before masculine singular nouns)

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1. ADV

1) (=imperfectamente) badly

el negocio les va mal — their business is doing badly

está muy mal escrito — it's very badly written

han escrito mal mi apellido — they've spelt my surname wrong

me entendió mal — he misunderstood me

creo que me expliqué mal — I don't think I explained what I meant properly

oigo/veo mal — I can't hear/see well

lo hice lo menos mal que pude — I did it as well as I could

si mal no recuerdo — if my memory serves me right, if I remember correctly

mal puedo hablar yo de este asunto — I'm hardly the right person to talk to about this

2) (=reprobablemente)

se portó muy mal con su mejor amiga — she behaved very badly towards her best friend

• hacer mal, hace mal en mentir — he is wrong to lie

3) (=insuficientemente) poorly

la habitación estaba mal iluminada — the room was poorly lit

este disco se vendió muy mal — this record sold very poorly, this record had very poor sales

sus hijos estaban mal alimentados — her children were underfed

un trabajo mal pagado — a badly paid job

• comer mal, en este restaurante se come mal — the food isn't very good in this restaurant

la niña come mal — the girl isn't eating properly, the girl is off her food

por falta de dinero comemos mal — we aren't able to eat properly because we don't have enough money

4) (=sin salud) ill

su padre está bastante mal — her father's pretty ill

encontrarse o sentirse mal — to feel ill

5) (=desagradablemente)

lo pasé muy mal en la fiesta — I had a very bad time at the party

les fue muy mal en Inglaterra — things went very badly for them in England

¡no está mal este vino! — this wine isn't bad!

no estaría mal ir mañana de excursión — I wouldn't mind going on a trip tomorrow

• caer mal algn, me cae mal su amigo — I don't like his friend

• decir o hablar mal de algn — to speak ill of sb

• llevarse mal, me llevo mal con él — I don't get on with him

los dos hermanos se llevan muy mal — the two brothers don't get on at all

• oler mal, esta habitación huele mal — this room smells (bad)

• pensar mal de algn — to think badly of sb

• saber mal, sabe mal — it doesn't taste nice

6) [otras locuciones]

• estar a mal con algn — to be on bad terms with sb

• ¡ menos mal! — thank goodness!

menos mal que... — it's just as well (that)..., it's a good job (that)...

• ir de mal en peor — to go from bad to worse

• mal que bien — more or less, just about

mal que bien lo hemos solucionado — we've more or less o just about managed to solve it

mal que bien vamos tirando — we're just about managing to get by

• tomarse algo (a) mal — to take sth the wrong way

2.

CONJ

mal que le pese — whether he likes it or not

3.

ADJ ver malo 1.

4. SM

1) (=maldad)

el mal — evil

el bien y el mal — good and evil

caer en el mal — to fall into evil ways

combatir el mal — frm to fight against evil

echar algo a mal — to despise sth

2) (=perjuicio) harm

no le deseo ningún mal — I don't wish him any harm o ill

hacer mal a algn — to do sb harm

el mal ya está hecho — the harm o damage is done now

no hay ningún mal — there's no harm done

¡mal haya quien...! — frm a curse on whoever...!

• dar mal a algn — to make sb suffer

• darse mal — to torment o.s.

• un mal menor — the lesser of two evils

rebajamos los precios, como mal menor — we cut the prices, as the lesser of two evils

esa solución no me satisface, pero es un mal menor — I'm not happy with that solution, but it could have been worse

• parar en mal — to come to a bad end

- no hay mal que por bien no venga

- mal de muchos consuelo de tontos

3) (=problema) ill

los males de la economía — the ills afflicting the economy

4) (Med) disease, illness

mal caduco — epilepsy

mal de altura — altitude sickness

mal de amores — lovesickness

sufre mal de amores — she's lovesick

mal de Chagas — Chagas' disease

mal de la tierra — homesickness

mal de mar — seasickness

mal francés — ( Hist) syphilis

5)

mal de ojo — evil eye

le echaron el mal de ojo — they gave him the evil eye

6) LAm (Med) epileptic fit

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I
adjetivo: ver malo
II
adjetivo invariable

1)

a) (enfermo, con mal aspecto)

estar mal — to be bad o ill; ( anímicamente) to be in a bad way (colloq)

me siento mal — I don't feel well, I feel ill

andar mal del estómago — to have trouble with one's stomach

éste está mal de la cabeza! — he's not right in the head

esas cosas me ponen mal — things like that really upset me

b) (incómodo, a disgusto)

tú allí estás mal — you aren't comfortable there

¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? — are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?

2) (fam) (en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual)

no está nada mal — he's/she's not at all bad (colloq)

3) ( desagradable) <oler/saber> bad

aquí huele mal — there's a horrible smell o it smells in here

esta leche huele mal — this milk smells bad o off

4) ( insatisfactorio)

estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto — I look awful in this photograph

le queda mal ese color — that color doesn't suit her

el arroz siempre me queda mal — my rice never turns out right

la casa no está mal, pero es cara — the house isn't bad, but it's expensive

sacarme un millón no estaría nada mal — I wouldn't mind winning a million

5) ( incorrecto) wrong

está muy mal no decírselo — it's very wrong o bad not to tell her

estuviste muy mal en no ayudarlo — it was wrong of you not to help him

6) ( indicando escasez)

estar mal de algo — to be short of something

estamos mal de arroz — we're low on o almost out of rice
III
adverbio

1) ( de manera no satisfactoria) <hecho/vestido> badly; <cantar/escribir> badly

se expresó mal — he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly

te oigo muy mal — I can hardly hear you

en el colegio se come muy mal — the food's terrible at school

le fue mal en los exámenes — his exams went badly

de mal en peor — from bad to worse

2) ( desventajosamente)

se casó muy mal — she made a bad marriage

vendieron muy mal la casa — they got a terrible price for the house

el negocio marcha mal — the business isn't doing well

3) ( desfavorablemente) badly, ill

hablar mal de alguien — to speak badly o ill of somebody

piensa mal de todo el mundo — he thinks ill of everyone

4)

a) (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wrongly

lo has hecho mal — you've done it wrong

te han informado mal — you've been badly o wrongly informed

te entendí mal — I misunderstood you

b) ( de manera reprensible) badly

obró mal — he acted wrongly o badly

haces mal en no ir a verla — it's wrong of you not to go and see her

me contestó muy mal — she answered me very rudely o in a very rude manner

portarse mal — to behave badly, to misbehave

5) ( difícilmente)

mal puedes saber si te gusta si no lo has probado — you can hardly say whether you like it when you haven't even tried it

6) (en locs)

hacer mal — (AmL) ( a la salud)

esto hace mal al hígado — this is bad for the liver

comí algo que me hizo mal — I ate something which didn't agree with me; ver tb mal IV 2)

mal que bien — (fam) somehow or other

mal que me/te/nos pese — whether I/you/we like it or not

menos mal: menos mal! thank goodness!; menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!; menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing she didn't find out! (colloq); estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody; tomarse algo a mal — to take something to heart

•

- mal nacido -da
IV
masculino

1) (Fil) evil

el bien y el mal — good and evil, right and wrong

2) (daño, perjuicio)

el mal que me hizo — the wrong she did me

le estás haciendo un mal consintiéndole todo — you're not doing her any good by giving in to her all the time

el divorcio de sus padres le hizo mucho mal — her parents' divorce did her a lot of harm

lo que dijo me hizo mucho mal — what he said really hurt me; ver tb mal III 6)

3) (inconveniente, problema)

los males que aquejan a nuestra sociedad — the ills afflicting our society

uno de los males de nuestro tiempo — one of the evils of our time

a grandes males grandes remedios — desperate situations call for desperate measures

no hay mal que cien años dure — nothing goes on for ever

no hay mal que por bien no venga — every cloud has a silver lining

mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos:... pero yo no soy la única - mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos —... but I'm not the only one - well, if that makes you feel better about it (iro)

- mal menor

4) (Med)

a) (liter) ( enfermedad) illness

b) ( epilepsia)

el mal — ( enfermedad) epilepsy

cuando le da el mal — when she has a fit

- mal de amores

- mal de altura

- mal de ojo

- mal de Parkinson

5) ( pena) trouble

* * *

= ill, malaise, ailment, evil, affliction, wrong, out of sorts, woe, woefulness.

Ex. Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.

Ex. He interprets 'alienation' as the ' malaise that affects all of us, leaving us in some measure unable to operate in humane, supportive ways'.

Ex. In the two years that followed Woodforde had various other ailments, including an inflammation of the eyelid.

Ex. It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.

Ex. In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.

Ex. Librarians have traditionally been concerned with giving rather than selling information and information supplied negligently is dealt with by the law of torts: civil wrongs independent of contract.

Ex. For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.

Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.

Ex. In presenting this story, Amenabar has managed to avoid both saccharine sentimentality and easy woefulness.

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* eje del mal = axis of evil.

* el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.

* el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.

* evitar el mal = shun + evil.

* fuente de todos los males, la = root of all evil, the.

* hacer el mal = do + evil.

* mal de amores = heartache, lovesick.

* mal de Parkinson = Parkinson's disease.

* males de la guerra, los = evils of war, the.

* origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.

* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* tener mal de amores = be lovesick.

* * *
I
adjetivo: ver malo
II
adjetivo invariable

1)

a) (enfermo, con mal aspecto)

estar mal — to be bad o ill; ( anímicamente) to be in a bad way (colloq)

me siento mal — I don't feel well, I feel ill

andar mal del estómago — to have trouble with one's stomach

éste está mal de la cabeza! — he's not right in the head

esas cosas me ponen mal — things like that really upset me

b) (incómodo, a disgusto)

tú allí estás mal — you aren't comfortable there

¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? — are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?

2) (fam) (en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al atractivo sexual)

no está nada mal — he's/she's not at all bad (colloq)

3) ( desagradable) <oler/saber> bad

aquí huele mal — there's a horrible smell o it smells in here

esta leche huele mal — this milk smells bad o off

4) ( insatisfactorio)

estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto — I look awful in this photograph

le queda mal ese color — that color doesn't suit her

el arroz siempre me queda mal — my rice never turns out right

la casa no está mal, pero es cara — the house isn't bad, but it's expensive

sacarme un millón no estaría nada mal — I wouldn't mind winning a million

5) ( incorrecto) wrong

está muy mal no decírselo — it's very wrong o bad not to tell her

estuviste muy mal en no ayudarlo — it was wrong of you not to help him

6) ( indicando escasez)

estar mal de algo — to be short of something

estamos mal de arroz — we're low on o almost out of rice
III
adverbio

1) ( de manera no satisfactoria) <hecho/vestido> badly; <cantar/escribir> badly

se expresó mal — he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly

te oigo muy mal — I can hardly hear you

en el colegio se come muy mal — the food's terrible at school

le fue mal en los exámenes — his exams went badly

de mal en peor — from bad to worse

2) ( desventajosamente)

se casó muy mal — she made a bad marriage

vendieron muy mal la casa — they got a terrible price for the house

el negocio marcha mal — the business isn't doing well

3) ( desfavorablemente) badly, ill

hablar mal de alguien — to speak badly o ill of somebody

piensa mal de todo el mundo — he thinks ill of everyone

4)

a) (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wrongly

lo has hecho mal — you've done it wrong

te han informado mal — you've been badly o wrongly informed

te entendí mal — I misunderstood you

b) ( de manera reprensible) badly

obró mal — he acted wrongly o badly

haces mal en no ir a verla — it's wrong of you not to go and see her

me contestó muy mal — she answered me very rudely o in a very rude manner

portarse mal — to behave badly, to misbehave

5) ( difícilmente)

mal puedes saber si te gusta si no lo has probado — you can hardly say whether you like it when you haven't even tried it

6) (en locs)

hacer mal — (AmL) ( a la salud)

esto hace mal al hígado — this is bad for the liver

comí algo que me hizo mal — I ate something which didn't agree with me; ver tb mal IV 2)

mal que bien — (fam) somehow or other

mal que me/te/nos pese — whether I/you/we like it or not

menos mal: menos mal! thank goodness!; menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!; menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing she didn't find out! (colloq); estar a mal con alguien to be on bad terms with somebody; tomarse algo a mal — to take something to heart

•

- mal nacido -da
IV
masculino

1) (Fil) evil

el bien y el mal — good and evil, right and wrong

2) (daño, perjuicio)

el mal que me hizo — the wrong she did me

le estás haciendo un mal consintiéndole todo — you're not doing her any good by giving in to her all the time

el divorcio de sus padres le hizo mucho mal — her parents' divorce did her a lot of harm

lo que dijo me hizo mucho mal — what he said really hurt me; ver tb mal III 6)

3) (inconveniente, problema)

los males que aquejan a nuestra sociedad — the ills afflicting our society

uno de los males de nuestro tiempo — one of the evils of our time

a grandes males grandes remedios — desperate situations call for desperate measures

no hay mal que cien años dure — nothing goes on for ever

no hay mal que por bien no venga — every cloud has a silver lining

mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos:... pero yo no soy la única - mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos —... but I'm not the only one - well, if that makes you feel better about it (iro)

- mal menor

4) (Med)

a) (liter) ( enfermedad) illness

b) ( epilepsia)

el mal — ( enfermedad) epilepsy

cuando le da el mal — when she has a fit

- mal de amores

- mal de altura

- mal de ojo

- mal de Parkinson

5) ( pena) trouble

* * *

= ill, malaise, ailment, evil, affliction, wrong, out of sorts, woe, woefulness.

Ex: Americans, convinced that education could be the panacea for all their ills, answered with vigorous action.

Ex: He interprets 'alienation' as the ' malaise that affects all of us, leaving us in some measure unable to operate in humane, supportive ways'.

Ex: In the two years that followed Woodforde had various other ailments, including an inflammation of the eyelid.

Ex: It is increasingly obvious that we are as a nation one and indivisible, that divisive tendencies are a thing of the past, but there are still too many inheritors of the old indifference, and who flinch at co-operation as at an evil.

Ex: In the Netherlands there are currently some 20,000 sufferers from this affliction.

Ex: Librarians have traditionally been concerned with giving rather than selling information and information supplied negligently is dealt with by the law of torts: civil wrongs independent of contract.

Ex: For example, you already know that living in a windowless room will make you cranky and out of sorts.

Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.

Ex: In presenting this story, Amenabar has managed to avoid both saccharine sentimentality and easy woefulness.

* eje del mal = axis of evil.

* el dinero es el origen de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.

* el dinero es la fuente de todos los males = money is the root of all evil.

* evitar el mal = shun + evil.

* fuente de todos los males, la = root of all evil, the.

* hacer el mal = do + evil.

* mal de amores = heartache, lovesick.

* mal de Parkinson = Parkinson's disease.

* males de la guerra, los = evils of war, the.

* origen de todos males, el = root of all evil, the.

* para colmo de males = to add insult to injury, to add salt to injury, to rub salt in the wound.

* tener mal de amores = be lovesick.

* * *

mal¹

adjective

ver malo¹ (↑ malo (1))

mal²

adj inv

A

1 (enfermo, con mal aspecto) estar mal to be bad o ill; (anímicamente) to be o feel low ( colloq), to be o feel down ( colloq)

me siento mal I don't feel well, I feel ill

hace días que ando mal del estómago I've been having trouble with my stomach for some days now

lo encontré muy mal, pálido y desmejorado he didn't seem at all well, he looked pale and sickly

está muy mal, no se ha repuesto de lo del marido she's in a bad way, she hasn't got over what happened to her husband

¡éste está mal de la cabeza! he's not right in the head

esas cosas me ponen mal things like that really upset me

2

(incómodo, a disgusto): ¿tan mal estás aquí que te quieres ir? are you so unhappy here that you want to leave?

tú allí estás mal you aren't comfortable there

B ( fam) ( en frases negativas)

(refiriéndose al atractivo sexual): no está nada mal he's/she's not at all bad ( colloq)

C (desagradable) ‹oler/saber› bad

aquí huele mal there's a horrible smell in here, it smells in here

no sabe tan mal it doesn't taste that bad

esta leche huele mal this milk smells bad o off

D

(insatisfactorio): los soufflés siempre me quedan mal my soufflés never turn out right

estoy or quedé or salí muy mal en esta foto I look awful in this photo

le queda mal ese peinado that hairstyle doesn't suit her

la casa no está mal, pero es cara the house isn't bad o is quite nice but it's expensive

sacarnos un millón no estaría nada mal I wouldn't mind winning a million

E (incorrecto) wrong

la fecha está mal the date is wrong

creo que está muy mal no decírselo I think it's very wrong o bad not to tell her

está mal que le hables en ese tono it's wrong (of you) to speak to him in that tone

estuviste muy mal en no ayudarlo it was wrong of you not to help him

F (indicando escasez) estar mal DE algo:

estamos mal de dinero we're hard up ( colloq), we're short of money

estamos mal de arroz we have hardly any rice (left), we're low on o almost out of rice

mal³

adverb

A (de manera no satisfactoria) ‹hecho/organizado/pintado/vestido› badly

canta muy mal she sings very badly, she's a very bad singer, she's very bad at singing

se expresó mal he didn't express himself very well, he expressed himself badly

te oigo muy mal I can hardly hear you, I can't hear you very well

en el colegio se come muy mal the food's terrible at school

le fue mal en los exámenes his exams went badly

de mal en peor from bad to worse

B

(desventajosamente): se casó muy mal she made a bad marriage

vendieron muy mal la casa they got a terrible price for the house

el negocio marcha mal the business isn't doing very well

C (desfavorablemente) badly, ill

no hables mal de ella don't speak badly o ill of her

piensa mal de todo el mundo he thinks ill of everyone

D

1 (de manera errónea, incorrecta) wrong, wrongly

lo has hecho mal you've done it wrong

mi nombre está mal escrito my name has been misspelt, my name is spelt/has been spelt wrong(ly)

te han informado mal you've been badly o wrongly informed

te entendí mal I misunderstood you, I didn't understand you properly

2 (de manera reprensible) badly

obró or procedió mal he acted wrongly o badly

haces mal en no ir a verla it's wrong of you not to go and see her

me contestó muy mal she answered me very rudely o in a very rude manner

si te portas mal no te traigo más if you behave badly o if you misbehave I won't bring you again

E

(difícilmente): mal puedes saber si te gusta si no lo has probado you can hardly say o I don't see how you can say whether you like it when you haven't even tried it

F ( en locs):

hacer mal ( AmL) (a la salud): los fritos hacen mal al hígado fried food is bad for the liver

comí algo que me hizo mal I ate something which didn't agree with me o which made me feel bad o ill

ver tb mal⁴ m B. (↑ mal (4))

mal que bien or ( Chi) mal que mal ( fam); somehow or other

mal que me/te/nos pese whether I/you/we like it or not

menos mal: aceptaron tu solicitud — ¡menos mal! they've accepted your application — thank goodness!

¡menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!

¡menos mal que no se enteró! it's a good thing o ( BrE) a good job she didn't find out! ( colloq)

estar a mal con algn to be on bad terms with sb

tomarse algo a mal to take sth to heart

traer vt B. (↑ traer)

Compuesto:

mal nacido, mal nacida

masculine, feminine swine ( colloq), rat ( colloq) ver tb maleducado¹ (↑ maleducado (1)), maleducado² (↑ maleducado (2))

mal⁴

masculine

A ( Fil) evil

el bien y el mal good and evil, right and wrong

líbranos del mal deliver us from evil

B

(daño, perjuicio): no le perdono todo el mal que me hizo I can't forgive her all the wrong she did me

le estás haciendo un mal consintiéndole todo you're doing her a disservice o you're not doing her any good by giving in to her all the time

el divorcio de sus padres le hizo mucho mal her parents' divorce did her a lot of harm

lo que me dijo me hizo mucho mal what he said hurt me deeply o really hurt me

ver tb mal³ adv F. (↑ mal (3))

C

(inconveniente, problema): los males que aquejan a nuestra sociedad the ills afflicting our society

la contaminación es uno de los males de nuestro tiempo pollution is one of the evils of our time

a grandes males grandes remedios desperate situations call for desperate measures

no hay mal que cien años dure nothing goes on for ever

no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining

mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos: … pero a mucha gente le pasó lo mismo — mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos … but the same thing happened to a lot of other people — so that makes you feel better, does it? ( iro)

todos mis amigos suspendieron también, así que mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos all my friends failed too, so that's some consolation, I suppose o so that makes things a bit better, I suppose

quien canta sus males espanta problems don't seem so bad if you keep cheerful

Compuesto:

mal menor

(entre dos alternativas) lesser of two evils

eso fue un mal menor porque se podría haber matado in fact he was lucky o he can count himself lucky, he could have been killed

D ( Med)

1 ( liter) (enfermedad) illness

2

(epilepsia): el mal (enfermedad) epilepsy

cuando le da el mal when she has a fit

Compuestos:

● mal de Alzheimer

Alzheimer's disease

● mal de amores

( fam):

tiene mal de amores he's lovesick

● mal de Chagas

Chagas' disease

● mal de (las) altura(s)

altitude sickness, mountain sickness

● mal de ojo

evil eye

le echó el mal de ojo or (CS) le hizo mal de ojo she gave him the evil eye

● mal de Parkinson

Parkinson's disease

● mal francés

( euf); syphilis

E (pena) trouble

no me vengas a contar tus males don't come to me with your troubles

* * *

mal adjetivo: ver
◊ malo

■ adjetivo invariable
1 [estar] ( enfermo) ill;
( anímicamente) in a bad way (colloq);
( incómodo) uncomfortable;
◊ andar mal del estómago to have trouble with one's stomach;

¡este está mal de la cabeza! he's not right in the head;
esas cosas me ponen mal things like that really upset me
2 (fam) ( en frases negativas) ( refiriéndose al aspecto):
◊ no está nada mal she's/he's/it's not at all bad (colloq)

3 ( insatisfactorio): estoy or salí muy mal en esta foto I look awful in this photograph;
◊ le queda mal ese color that color doesn't suit her

4 [estar] ( incorrecto) wrong
5 ( indicando escasez) estar or ir mal de algo ‹de dinero/tiempo› to be short of sth
■ adverbio
1 ( de manera no satisfactoria) ‹vestir/cantar/jugar› badly;
◊ le fue mal en los exámenes his exams went badly;

te oigo muy mal I can hardly hear you;
el negocio marcha mal the business isn't doing well;
de mal en peor from bad to worse
2 ( desfavorablemente) badly, ill;
◊ hablar mal de algn to speak badly o ill of sb

3
a) ( de manera errónea) wrong, wrongly;

◊ te han informado mal you've been badly o wrongly informed;

te entendí mal I misunderstood you
b) ( de manera reprensible) ‹obrar/partarse› badly;

◊ haces mal en no ir a verla it's wrong of you not to go and see her;

me contestó muy mal she answered me very rudely
4 ( desagradable) ‹oler/saber› bad;
◊ aquí huele mal there's a horrible smell o it smells in here

5 ( en locs)
◊ hacer mal (AmL) ( a la salud): esto hace mal al hígado this is bad for the liver;

el pescado me hizo mal the fish didn't agree with me;
menos mal: ¡menos mal! thank goodness!;
¡menos mal que le avisaron a tiempo! it's just as well they told him in time!;
tomarse algo a mal to take sth to heart
■ sustantivo masculino
1 (Fil) evil;
◊ el bien y el mal good and evil, right and wrong

2 (daño, perjuicio):
◊ el divorcio de sus padres le hizo mucho mal her parents' divorce did her a lot of harm

3 ( cosa dañina) ill, evil;
◊ los males sociales the social ills;

no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining
4 (Med) (liter) ( enfermedad) illness;
◊ tiene mal de amores (fam) he's lovesick;

mal de (las) altura(s) altitude sickness, mountain sickness
5 ( pena) trouble
mal
I adj (delante de sustantivo masculino) bad
un mal momento, (inoportuno) a bad time: está atravesando un mal momento, he's going through a bad patch ➣ malo,-a
II sustantivo masculino
1 evil, wrong
más allá del bien y del mal, beyond good and evil
2 (perjuicio) harm: me ha hecho mucho mal, it really hurt me
mal de ojo, the evil eye
3 (dolencia) illness, disease: padece un mal incurable, she suffers from an incurable disease
III adverbio
1 (de mala manera, incorrectamente) badly, wrong: oye muy mal, she can hardly hear
todo me sale mal, everything I do turns out badly
me siento mal del estómago, I've got an upset stomach
menos mal que estás aquí, it's a good job you are here
2 (difícilmente) scarcely, hardly: si no me lo cuentas, mal puedo yo ayudarte, if you don't tell me I can scarcely help you
♦ Locuciones: llevar uno mal algo, to take sthg badly: lleva muy mal la muerte de su padre, he took the death of his father really badly
mal que, even if: tendremos que ir mal que nos pese, whether we like it or not, we'll have to go
mal que bien, somehow or other: mal que bien vamos tirando, we're managing quite well somehow or other
ponerse a mal con alguien, to fall out with sb
tomar uno a mal, to take sthg badly: no te lo tomes a mal, don't take it badly
' mal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agüero
- añadidura
- apestar
- apestosa
- apestoso
- atufar
- avenida
- avenido
- azotea
- berrear
- bicho
- bien
- caber
- cabeza
- caer
- café
- calcular
- caldo
- camino
- cantar
- carácter
- cardo
- chabacana
- chabacano
- chapuza
- comportarse
- comunicada
- comunicado
- conservarse
- contraluz
- contraria
- contrario
- criada
- criado
- daño
- desastre
- desencajada
- desencajado
- deslucir
- despertar
- día
- dinero
- educada
- educado
- efecto
- empañarse
- encajar
- encaminada
- encaminado
- encontrar
English:
abuse
- acquit
- act up
- agree
- along
- amulet
- astray
- bad
- bad-tempered
- badly
- barring
- best
- bile
- cheap
- cloud
- come off
- condition
- deal
- deliver
- disagree
- disapprove
- disrepair
- do
- do with
- doom
- downhill
- embody
- evil
- evil eye
- fit
- flare up
- foolish
- foot
- frown on
- gnawing
- go
- go down
- go off
- god
- going
- good
- greasy
- grief
- grim
- grin
- grumpy
- half-baked
- hash
- health
- hinder

* * *

mal

♦ adj
ver malo
♦ nm

1. [maldad]
el mal evil;
Literario
las fuerzas del mal the forces of darkness o evil

2. [daño] harm, damage;

nadie sufrió ningún mal no one was harmed, no one suffered any harm;

¿no le hará mal al bebé tanta agua? all that water can't be good for the baby;

no te hará ningún mal salir un rato it won't harm you o it won't do you any harm to go out for a while;

todas aquellas habladurías le hicieron mucho mal all the gossip hurt her deeply

Comp
mal de ojo evil eye;
echarle o CSur [m5] hacerle (el) mal de ojo a alguien to give sb the evil eye;
Arquit el mal de la piedra = the problem of crumbling masonry caused by pollution etc
3. [enfermedad] illness;
Fig
esto te curará todos los males this will make you feel better;

tener mal de amores to be lovesick

Comp
mal de (las) altura(s) altitude sickness;
mal de montaña mountain sickness;
Ven mal de páramo altitude sickness; Fam el mal de las vacas locas mad cow disease
4. [problema, inconveniente] bad thing;

el hambre y la pobreza son males que afectan al Tercer Mundo hunger and poverty are problems o ills which affect the Third World;

entre las dos opciones, es el mal menor it's the lesser of two evils;

un mal necesario a necessary evil

5. Comp

del mal, el menos it's the lesser of two evils;

la crisis pasará, no hay mal que cien años dure the recession will end sooner or later, these things never last forever;

Prov

a grandes males, grandes remedios drastic situations demand drastic action;

Prov

mal de muchos, consuelo de todos o [m5]de tontos: he suspendido, pero también mis compañeros – mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos o [m5] de todos I failed, but so did my classmates – it doesn't make it all right, just because they did too;

lo mismo pasa en otros países – mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos o [m5] de todos the same thing happens in other countries – that doesn't make it any better, though;

Prov

no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining

♦ adv

1. [incorrectamente] wrong;

obrar mal to do wrong;

portarse mal to behave badly;

juzgar mal a alguien to misjudge sb;

está mal hecho [un informe, un trabajo] it hasn't been done properly;
[un producto, un aparato] it's badly made;
eso está mal hecho, no debían haberlo aceptado it was wrong of them, they shouldn't have accepted it;

está mal eso que has hecho what you've done is wrong;

hacer algo mal to do sth wrong;

has escrito mal esta palabra you've spelt that word wrong;

hiciste mal en decírselo it was wrong of you to tell him;

está mal que yo lo diga, pero esta sopa esta buenísima this soup is delicious, although I say so myself

2. [inadecuadamente, insuficientemente] badly;

creo que me he explicado mal I'm not sure I've explained myself clearly;

oigo/veo mal I can't hear/see very well;

el niño come bastante mal the boy isn't eating properly o very well;

calculé mal el tiempo I miscalculated the time;

canta muy mal she sings terribly, she's a terrible singer;

esta puerta cierra mal this door doesn't shut properly;

andar mal de dinero to be short of money;

andamos mal de azúcar we're running out of sugar;

la empresa/el equipo va mal the company/team isn't doing very well;

va mal en la universidad she's not doing very well at university;

le fue mal en la entrevista his interview didn't go very well;

el sueldo no está nada mal the pay's pretty good, the pay isn't at all bad;

ese chico no está nada mal that boy's not bad o pretty nice;

la reparación quedó mal it wasn't repaired properly;

me quedó mal el retrato my portrait didn't come out right;

la conferencia/reunión salió mal the talk/meeting went badly;

la fiesta salió mal the party was a failure

3. [desagradablemente, desfavorablemente]
encontrarse mal [enfermo] to feel ill;
[incómodo] to feel uncomfortable;
estar mal [de salud] to be o feel ill;
[de calidad] to be bad;
hablar mal de alguien to speak ill of sb;

oler mal to smell bad;

¡qué mal huele! what a smell!;
Fam Fig
esto me huele mal this smells fishy to me;

pasarlo mal to have a bad time;

pensar mal de alguien to think ill of sb;

saber mal to taste bad;
Fig
me supo mal que no vinieses a despedirme I was a bit put out that you didn't come to see me off;

me sabe muy mal que hablen a mis espaldas I don't like it that they talk behind my back;

sentar mal a alguien [ropa] not to suit sb;
[comida] to disagree with sb; [comentario, actitud] to upset sb
4. [difícilmente] hardly;

mal puede saberlo si no se lo cuentas he's hardly going to know if you don't tell him, how's he supposed to know if you don't tell him?

5. Comp

estar a mal con alguien to have fallen out with sb;

ir de mal en peor to go from bad to worse;

no estaría mal que… it would be nice if…;

tomar algo a mal to take sth the wrong way

♦ mal que loc conj

although, even though;

mal que te pese, las cosas están así whether you like it or not, that's the way things are;

mal que bien somehow or other

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mal

I adj → malo

II adv badly;

mal que bien one way or the other;

¡no está mal! it isn’t bad!;

¡menos mal! thank goodness!;

no hay mal que por bien no venga every cloud has a silver lining;

hacer mal en hacer algo be wrong to do sth;

ir de mal en peor go from bad to worse;

estar a mal con alguien be on bad terms with s.o.;

hablar mal de alguien speak ill of s.o.;

poner mal a alguien criticize s.o.;

ponerse a mal con alguien fall out with s.o.;

tomarse algo a mal take sth badly;

ponerse mal get sick

III m MED illness;

el mal menor the lesser of two evils

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mal adv

1) : badly, poorly

baila muy mal: he dances very badly

2) : wrong, incorrectly

me entendió mal: she misunderstood me

3) : with difficulty, hardly

mal puedo oírte: I can hardly hear you

4)

de mal en peor : from bad to worse

5)

menos mal : it could have been worse

mal adj malo

mal nm

1) : evil, wrong

2) daño: harm, damage

3) desgracia: misfortune

4) enfermedad: illness, sickness

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mal¹ adj bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]

un mal día a bad day

mal² adv

1. (en general) badly [comp. worse; superl. worst]

jugaron muy mal they played very badly

se portó mal he behaved badly

2. (de manera desagradable) bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]

lo pasé muy mal I had a terrible time

3. (enfermo) ill [comp. worse; superl. worst]

me encuentro mal I don't feel well / I feel ill

4. (de forma incorrecta) wrong

lo has hecho mal you've done it wrong

5. (en frases negativas) bad

el piso no está mal the flat isn't bad

andar mal de algo to be short of something

ir de mal en peor to get worse and worse

mal³ n

1. (daño) harm / wrong

el mal ya está hecho the harm's already been done

2. (maldad) evil

el bien y el mal good and evil

3. (problema) problem

se pasa el día quejándose de sus males she moans about her problems all day long

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