perverso

1. līber, era, erum (vgl. ε-λεύθερος), I) bürgerlich frei, subst. ein Freier (Ggstz. servus), A) eig., Cic. u.a.: facta e serva libera est, Plaut.: alqm non liberum putare, nicht für einen Freien halten, Cic.: von Staaten usw., frei = unabhängig (keinem Herrscher unterworfen), Gallia, civitas, Caes.: populus, Liv.: possessio, Caes. – subst., a) līber, līberī, m., der Freie, der freie Mensch, eruditio libero non digna, Cic.: quid est turpius ingenuo, quid minus libero dignum? Cic.: cum liberi servis humilitate animi pares simus, Lact. – b) femin. subst. lībera, die Freie (Ggstz. ancilla, Sklavin), Augustin. de civ. dei 13, 21. p. 585, 22 D.² – c) līberī, die Freien im Hause = die Kinder, s. bes. – B) übtr.: 1) v. Personen u. deren Besitztum – frei von Abgaben u. Leistungen, abgaben-, dienstfrei, liberi ab omni sumptu, Cic.: absol., civitas, Liv.: agri, Cic. – 2) von Häusern und Orten = von Bewohnern, Besuchern frei, ledig, aedes, Liv.: lectulus, lediges (nicht mit einer Gattin geteiltes), Cic.: loca ab arbitris libera, von Störenfrieden freie, Cic.: so auch liberae aedes, liber locus, frei von Besuchern, ungestört, Plaut.: übtr., v. Pers. = ungestört, Plaut. – 3) vom Vermögen = von Schulden frei, nicht verschuldet, ut rei familiaris liberum quicquam sit, Cic. – II) v. Fesseln frei, v. Personen, A) eig., Ggstz. vinctus, Plaut. u. Sen. – B) übtr.: 1) übh. frei von etw., einer Sache ledig, ohne etw., liberi a delictis, Cic.: m. bl. Abl., liber curā, sorgenfrei, Cic.: m. Genet., liber harum rerum et multarum siet, Plaut.: liber laborum, Hor.: discriminis, Plin. pan.: corporis, Itin. Alex.: fati, des Schicksalsspruches entbunden, Verg. – dah. prägn., libera vina, frei machend = von Sorgen befreiend, Hor. de art. poët. 85. – 2) von Zwang frei, ungehindert, uneingeschränkt, unumschränkt, zwanglos, selbständig, a) übh.: adulescens, Ter.: adulescentia, Cic.: vitae liberioris iter, Ov.: m. Genet., liber revertendi, Ov.: rerum, Plaut. – m. ab u. Abl. Gerund., sum ab observando homine perverso liber, ich bin nun aller Rücksichten gegen den verk. M. entbunden, Cic. ad Att. 1, 13, 2. – übtr., libera od. liberior toga, libera vestis, das Kleid eines Freien, die männliche Toga, Ov. – v. Örtl., campus, spatium, Liv.: libero caelo (freie Luft) frui, Cic., Sen. u. Lact.: liberiore frui caelo, Ov.: aqua liberior, das freier fließende (= das Meer), Ov. – libera custodia, freie, weite Haft, Cic.: u. so libero conclavi servare, in freier, weiter Haft halten, Cic. – liberum fenus, unbegrenzter (durch kein Gesetz eingeschränkter) Wucherzins, Liv. – v. der Zeit, otia liberrima, ganz geschäftsfreie, Hor.: tempus, freie, uneingeschränkte, Cic. – v. Abstr., consuetudo peccandi, Cic.: quaestio, an keine Person gebundene, Cic.: liberā fide (durch kein gegebenes Wort gebunden) incepta exsequi, Liv.: libero mendacio uti, frischweg lügen, Liv.: libera mandata (Vollmacht), Liv.: conquestus, Liv.: fastidium, Cic.: oratio (Aussage, Erklärung) aut libera aut expressa (abgedrungene), Cic.: liberum habere alqd, etwas in seiner freien Gewalt haben, Liv.: liberum est mihi, es steht mir frei = in meiner Gewalt, m. folg. Infin. od. m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, Cic. u. Liv.: neque liberum id vobis Philippus permittet, wird euch darin keine freie Wahl lassen, Liv. – u. im Abl. absol., libero (da es ihm frei stand), quid firmaret mutaretve, Tac. ann. 3, 60. – b) frei in bezug auf Urteil und Willen, unbefangen, iudicium senatus, Cic.: hoc liberiores sumus, Cic. – c) frei in bezug auf Denken u. Reden, freimütig, offen, v. Personen, Cic. u.a.: liberrime Lolli, Hor.: v. deren Gesinnung usw., animus, Cic.: liberā linguā uti, seiner Zunge keinen Zwang antun, Plaut.: vocem liberam mittere, Liv.: liberiores litterae, Cic. – d) frei von Verbindlichkeiten, ungebunden, liberi ad causas solutique veniebant, frei und ungebunden (= nicht durch Geschenke bestochen), Cic. Verr. 2, 192. – 3) moralisch frei, a) im guten (philos.) Sinne, Cic. u.a. – b) im üblen Sinne, von dem, der frei, ungebunden in Befriedigung seiner sinnlichen Begierden ausschweift, ausschweifend, zügellos, turba temulentorum, Cic.: übtr., convivium, Cic.: lustra, Plaut. – / arch. Genet. leiberei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 200, 76: arch. Nom. Plur. leiberi, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 204. col. 1, 7: arch. Gen. Plur. leiberorum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 200, 79: arch. Akk. Plur. leiberos, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 204. col. 1. lin. 36.

moveo, mōvī, mōtum, ēre (vielleicht zu altindisch) mīvati, schiebt, drängt, bewegt), in Bewegung setzen, bewegen, I) bewegen = hin und her bewegen, rühren, rütteln, schütteln, aufregen, aufrühren, aufrütteln, A) eig.: a) übh.: caelum, Cic.: urnam, Verg.: facem, Ov.: membra, Lucr.: caput, colla, labra (in leisem Gebete), Ov.: manus, nares, oculos, Quint.: ora vana, mit leerem Munde kauen, Ov.: cum capite capillos, Ov.: per aëra crinem, flattern lassen, Ov.: pennas per auras, Ov.: brachia in herbas, niederlassen, Ov.: quāque pedem movi (setze), manat lacus, Ov.: ebenso quoquo vestigia movit, Tibull.: move formicinum gradum, Plaut. – humum saltu, aufrühren, Ov.: terram, mare, sidera, erschüttern, Ov.: u. so aras, Ov. – alci bilem, die Galle rege machen (= zum Zorn reizen), Plaut. u. Hor. – poet. m. Infin., mulas ire movent, quā publicus advocat agger, Ven. Fort. vit. S. Mart. 6, 136. – Sprichw., m. omnes terras, omnia maria, Himmel u. Erde in Bewegung setzen, Cic. ad Att. 8, 11, 2. – im Passiv, atomus gravitate et pondere movetur, Cic.: moenia mota forent, würden erbebt sein, Ov.: mota (erschütterte) tremoribus urbs, Ov.: fluctus motos (aufgeregten) componere, Verg. – refl., movere, sich bewegen, terra movet, erbebt, Liv. u. Ov.: voluptas movens, Lust in Bewegung (Ggstz. vol. stans, Lust in Ruhe), Cic. – im Passiv medial, moveri, sich bewegen, glaebae coepere moveri, Ov.: moventur dentes, wackeln, Cels.: venae desistunt posse moveri, zu schlagen, Ov.: suo motu moveri, sich durch eigene Bewegung, sich selbst bewegen, Macr. – v. leb. Wesen, moveri propter aquam (v. Fröschen), hüpfen, Cic. – res moventes od. subst. moventia, ium, n., sich selbst bewegende, d.i. lebende Wesen, ICt. (versch. res moventes unten no. II, B, AA, b). – b) v. künstl. Bewegung des Körpers u. seiner Teile, α) v. pantomim. Bewegung, v. pantomim. Tanz, corpus ad numeros, Sen.: membra ad certos modos, Tibull. – refl., se movere, Passiv moveri medial = sich pantomimisch, tanzend bewegen, tanzen, festis moveri diebus, Hor.: v. pantom. Tanz, histrio cum paulum se movit extra numerum, in der Bewegung u. Gebärde ein wenig die Regel überschreitet, Cic.: moveri ad numeros satyri Batylli, Pers.: u. m. Acc., moveri Cyclopa, pantomimisch darstellen, Hor. – β) v. Gesang u. Saitenspiel, bewegen, rühren, vocalia ora ad citharam, Ov.: sonantia fila (Saiten), Ov.: citharam cum voce, Ov.: nervos ad verba, Ov. – c) als mediz. t. t. = Bewegung machen, -verschaffen, ascensus et descensus corpus moveat, Cels.: exercitatio, quae superiores partes movet, Cels. – Passiv moveri medial = sich körperl. Bewegung machen, oft b. Cels.: verb. moveri et ambulare, Cels. – d) v. Bewegen durch ein Werkzeug, α) mit der Hacke, mit dem Pfluge umbrechen, aufgraben, aufpflügen, auflockern (vgl. κινειν γην), humum, Plin. ep.: labefacta iugera, per artes agros, Verg. – β) mit einem Löffel umrühren, alqd spathā, Scrib. Larg.: movente aliquo cochleario liquorem, Scrib. Larg.: super ignem moveri donec etc., Scrib. Larg. – e) als milit. t. t., m. arma, wie κινειν τὰ ὅπλα, die Waffen rühren, -ergreifen, v. Pers., Verg., Liv. u. Tac., übtr. v. Löwen, sich zur Wehr setzen, Verg.: m. a. adversus alqm, Liv.: m. a. pro alqo, Ov.: aliena arma m., Ov.: neutra arma m., neutral bleiben, Ov.

B) übtr.: 1) in rege körperliche Tätigkeit setzen; dah. se movere, sich rühren, sich regen, move te ocius, Ter.: m. se impigre, Liv.: m. se ad bellum, Liv. – ebenso Passiv moveri medial, hostes in Samnio moverentur, rührten, regten sich, Liv. – 2) den Körper krankhaft erregen, auf den Körper übel einwirken, einen nachteiligen Einfluß haben, ihn angreifen, intoleranda vis aestus corpora movit, Liv.: otium ex labore, copia ex inopia corpora varie movebant, Liv.: u. allg., si quid tunc moverimus, falls man in dieser Zeit aufregend einwirkt, Cels. – 3) geistig bewegen, a) übh.: m. se ad motum fortunae, sich drehen u. wenden, Caes.: neque se in ullam partem movebat, entschied sich für keine Partei, Caes. – multa animo m., überlegen, Verg.: crudelis animus Catilinae eadem illa movebat, hegte noch denselben Gedanken, Sall. – b) durch Einwirkung auf jmds. Gefühl, Willen u. Entschluß usw. jmd. geistig erregen, α) auf jmds. sinnl. Gefühl = auf jmd. Eindruck machen, jmdm. imponieren, auf jmd. Einflußhaben, einwirken, jmd. ergreifen, im Passiv = einen Eindruck-, eine Wirkung erleiden, sich durch etw. imponieren lassen, pulchritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat, Cic.: moveor ipsius loci insolentiā, Cic.: cum animi inaniter moveantur, einen scheinbaren Eindruck empfangen, Cic.: iisdem rebus moveri, für gleiche Eindrücke empfänglich sein (griech. συμπάσχειν), Cic. – oft (mit u. ohne Acc. der Pers.) mit allg. Acc. neutr. od. mit Adv. zur Ang. wie? = den u. den Eindruck machen, die u. die Wirkung tun, von der u. der Wirkung sein, so u. so wirken, einwirken, zB. si nos tam iustum odium nihil movet, ne illa quidem, oro vos, movent? auf uns einwirkt (für uns ein Beweggrund ist)... wird, ich bitte euch, nicht einmal das Eindruck machen? Liv.: uti (miles) multum earum regionum consuetudine moveatur, einen starken Eindruck erleiden, stark beeinflußt werden, Caes.: Alco precibus aliquid moturum ratus... postquam nihil lacrimae movebant, Liv.: nam et commemoratio una in re permultum movet, Cic.: tum duo illa, quae maxime movent, Cic. – β) auf jmds. inneres Gefühl, Gemüt, αα) jmd. unruhig-, besorgt-, bestürzt machen, erzittern machen, movebat haec multitudo hostium Alexandrum, Iustin. – oft im Passiv, moveri alqā re, von etw. erregt-, ergriffen-, erschüttert werden, über etwas unruhig-, besorgt-, bange-, bestürzt werden, vor etw. erzittern, hostium clamore non territus, qui possum vestro moveri? Vell.: moveri multitudine hostium, Iustin.: moveri novitate monstri, Ov. – absol., absiste moveri, zu bangen, Verg. – ββ) auf jmd. Eindruck machen = jmd. rühren, erweichen, zum Mitleid bewegen, jmds. Teilnahme erregen, dicta nihil moverunt quemquam, Liv.: moverat plebem oratio, Liv.: m. animos iudicum, Quint.: saxa gemitu, Ov.: quo fletu Manes, quā Numina voce moveret? Verg. – im Passiv, misericordiā moveri, Caes.: Roscii morte moveri, Cic. – γγ) jmd. aufreizen, empören, in Harnisch, bringen, movet feroci iuveni animum comploratio sororis, Liv. 1, 26, 3: men moveat cimex Pantilius? Hor. sat. 1, 10, 78: qui non irascitur inconcussus iniuriā perstitit; qui irascitur motus est (wird außer Fassuug gebracht), Sen. de ira 3, 25, 3. – γ) auf jmds. Willen u. Entschluß = jmd. bewegen, bestimmen, drängen, auf jmd. wirken, einwirken, quos parva pecunia movere non potuit, Cic.: quem cum minus quam vellet moveret, Nep.: suis quemque stimulis m. ad bellum, Liv. – Passiv, Lentulus aeris alieni magnitudine movetur, läßt sich bestimmen durch usw., Caes.: consilio eius motus est, Nep.: cuius precibus motus, Traian. in Plin. ep.: motus precibus mulierum, Iustin.: quaedam quasi moventia, gewisse Beweggründe, Triebfedern, Cic. Tusc. 5, 68. – m. folg. Infin., non quisquam me ab terra moveat convellere funem, Verg. georg. 1, 457. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., cuius reprehensio me vehementer movet, non solum ut etc.... verum etiam ut etc., Cic. Mur. 3. – m. folg. quo minus u. Konj., sed eisdem de causis, quo minus dimicare vellet, movebatur, Caes. b. c. 1, 82, 3. – δ) durch Einwirkung auf die Phantasie jmd. erregen, begeistern, alqm thyrso, Ov.: quos Bellona saeva movet, Lucan. – ε) durch Einwirkung auf die Denkkraft anregen, acute, peracute moveri, scharfsinnig, sehr scharf denken, Cic.: so auch quasi acutule moveri, Augustin. conf. 3, 7. – 4) politisch bewegen, aufregen, in Unruhe versetzen, in Aufruhr bringen, quieta, Sall.: omnia, Sall.: res, Flor. (u. so rebus motis, in bewegter Zeit, Tac.: u. magna motae rei fama, von dem Umwälzungsversuche, Tac.). – Passiv moveri = in Bewegung-, in Unruhe-, in Aufruhr geraten, unruhig werden, sich politisch regen, moveri civitas coepit, Sall.: movetur Thessalia, Flor. – 5) (wie κινέω) an etw. gleichs. rütteln, etw. wankend machen, erschüttern, ändern, alcis sententiam, Cic.: fidem, Ov.: fatum, Ov.: hoc nisi fit, nihil moventur nuptiae, bleibt die H., wie sie (beschlossen) ist, Ter.: sed ea non muto, non moveo, doch ich ändere nichts daran, ich rüttele nicht daran, Cic.: totumque moveri mutarive putas bellum, an dem Kriege gerüttelt (sein Ende herbeizuführen gesucht) werde oder eine andere Wendung erhalte, Verg.: igitur movere et quatere, quidquid usquam aegrum esset, aggrediuntur, man ging daran zu rütteln u. zu schütteln, wo irgend etwas Schadhaftes war, Tac. – 6) Geld flott machen, flüssig machen, a Caecilio propinqui minore centesimis nummum movere non possunt, keinen Heller unter zwölf Prozent herauskriegen, Cic. ad Att. 1, 12, 1; vgl. Sen. ep. 118, 2.

II) prägn., mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des terminus a quo. A) v. einem Orte hervor-, her-, herbeibewegen, -bringen, AA) eig.: a) im allg.: limum e gurgite, aufwühlen, Ov.: u. so motum ex profundo mari, Curt. – m. vina Torquato consule pressa, (aus der Apotheke) herbeiholen, Ov.: ebenso testa moveri digna bono die, Hor. – b) als t. t. der Gartenbaukunst, wie ὁρμαν = treiben, surculus corticem movet, Colum. – gew. refl. se movere od. Passiv moveri medial = treiben, schießen, et gemma se et cortex naturaliter movet, Colum.: si gemmae se nondum moveant, Colum.: de palmite gemma movetur, Ov. – c) als t. t. der Opfersprache = obmovere, entgegen-, darbringen, Iovi fertum, Cato r. r. 134, 2. – d) als mediz. t. t., hervortreiben, acria lacrimas movent, Cels.: m. sudorem, Cels.: urinam, Cels.: alvum, Cato u. Cels. – Passiv medial, ex ore spumae moventur, Schaum tritt vor den Mund, Cels.

BB) übtr., einen Zustand usw. gleichs. in Gang bringen, zur Erscheinung bringen, bewirken, daß etwas eintritt, vor sich geht usw., a) übh. Zustände aller Art erregen, erwecken, verursachen, erzeugen, pituitae cursus assiduos, Cels.: lacrimas, Quint.: risum, Cic.: alci risum, lacrimas, Sen.: fletum populo, Cic. – exspectationem de etc., Cic.: suspicionem, Cic.: misericordiam, Cic.: alci invidiam, Sen.: odia verbis, Hor.: discordias, Liv.: dissensionem, Suet.: societatem consilii publici, Liv. – b) einen Ggstd. der Verhandlung usw. in Gang-, in Anregung bringen, anregen, etwas zur Sprache bringen, consultationem, actionem, Liv.: dignam tractatu quaestionem, Tac.: historias, Hor.: iocum (launige Einfälle), Sall. – u. so als jurist. t. t., anstellen, vornehmen, controversiam nominis, Tac. dial. 25, od. controversiam de verbo, Cels. 3, 3. p. 78, 11 D.: controversiam alci movere, Iulian. dig. 37, 10, 4: quaestionem, accusationem, litem u. dgl., ICt. – c) eine Handlung anheben, anfangen, cantus, anheben, anstimmen, Verg.: novos ortus, v. der Aurora, Stat.: ego istaec moveo aut curo? ist es mein Werk? meine Sorge? Ter. Andr. 921. – bes. ein krieger. od. polit. Unternehmen anstiften, anfangen, unternehmen, bellum, Cic. u. Liv. (s. Fabri Liv. 23, 48, 6): bellum civile, Suet.: sediti onem, ICt.: u. so allg., ne quid ab tergo moveretur, Liv. u. Curt.: ut nihil usquam moveri viderunt, Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 21, 52, 4. Mützell Curt. 3, 1 [3], 21). – refl., iam undique pugna se moverat, war im Gange, Curt. 8, 14 (47), 6. – d) etw. an den Tag geben, zeigen, movisse numen deos, hätten ihre Macht geäußert, Liv. 1, 55, 3: so auch qui nimiae moverat artis opem, Ov. fast. 6, 760.

B) von seinem Orte, von seinem Standpunkte, aus seiner Lage bewegen = weg-, fortbringen, weg-, fortschaffen, verrücken, verdrängen, entfernen, AA) eig.: a) übh.: α) lebl. Objj.: lapidem hinc, Cod. Theod.: fundamenta loco, Cic.: thesaurum loco, ausgraben, ICt.: aedificia diductis angulis vidimus moveri (sich verschieben) iterumque componi, Sen. – refl., se loco movere non posse, v. Schiffen (bei Windstille), Caes. – bildl., move a te moram, geh ungesäumt ans Werk, Plaut. – β) leb. Objj.: deum loco, Cic.: armenta stabulis, Verg.: motis senibus et feminis, entfernt, Tac. – refl. se movere u. Passiv moveri medial = sich fortbewegen, sich wegbegeben, aufbrechen, abgehen, fortgehen, sich entfernen u. dgl., quid stas? age move te! manen? schieb dich! Nov. com. 92: se ex urbe, Nep.: se de Cumano, Cic.: se gremio alcis, Catull.: se humo, Ov.: se istinc, Cic., hinc, Ov. – absol., Aurora se movet u. Aurora movetur, bricht auf, Ov. – b) als t. t. der Geschäftsspr.: res, quae moveri possunt, die bewegliche Habe, Nep.: ebenso res moventes, Liv., Gell. u. ICt. – c) als mediz. t. t.: loco od. loco suo od. sedibus suis moveri, im Zshg. bl. moveri, aus seiner Lage weichen, verrenken, v. Knochen usw., Cels. – d) als milit. t. t.: α) m. signa, castra u. dgl. u. bl. movere od. moveri, mit den Feldzeichen, mit dem Lager, mit dem Zuge, mit den Truppen von irgendwo aufbrechen, ausrücken, abziehen, abmarschieren, weiterziehen, vorrücken, signa m., Liv. (übtr. v. Stiere, Verg.): signa e castris, Liv. – castra, Caes. u.a.: castra loco non m., Liv.: castra ex eo loco, Caes.: Arretium versus castra, Cic.: castra ad Euphratem, ad hostes, Curt. – agmen, Curt.: copias a Gaza, copias Babylonem, Curt. – exercitum ex hibernis, Curt. – u. so bl. movere (refl.), zB. iniussu movere non audere, Liv.: m. Canusio, Cic.: m. a Samo, Liv.: m. castris, ex stativis, Liv.: m. in Indiam, Curt. – u. moveri, zB. Agrippinam ingressus non ante motus est exinde, cum etc., Amm. 16, 3, 2: statuit nusquam interim extra confinia moveri Gallorum, Amm. 26, 5, 13. – β) refl. se movere od. Passiv moveri medial = sich bewegen, sich rühren, praecepit, ne se ex eo loco moverent, Liv.: nusquam te vestigio moveris, Liv.: nec vestigio quisquam movebatur, Liv. – e) als relig. t. t.: m. bidental, das Blitzmal verrücken u. so verletzen, Hor. de art. poët. 472; vgl. (poet.) Dianae non movenda numina, Dianas unverrückbare, unverletzliche Allgewalt, Hor. epod. 17, 3.

BB) übtr., jmd. aus irgend einem Verhältnisse, Wirkungskreise usw. entfernen, verdrängen, verstoßen, stoßen, a) aus dem Hause, aus dem häuslichen Wirkungskreise, movetur civilis discidii specie, Tac. – od. aus der Heimat, mota loco sim, verbannt, Ov. – b) aus dem Besitztum, alqm ex agro, Cic.: alqm possessionibus, Cic. – c) aus seiner Stellung, als t. t. der Militär- u. der Fechterspr., hostem statu, Liv. 30, 18, 4: hostes gradu, Liv. 7, 8, 3: u. übtr., aus seiner Lage bringen, corpus statu, Cic.: corpus ex eo statu, Cels. – d) aus seinem Wirkungskreise, signiferum loco, absetzen, Caes. – alqm loco senatorio, Liv., od. ordine senatorio, Suet., u. im Zshg. bl. ordine, Plin. ep., jmd. aus dem Senate stoßen; u. dafür auch alqm de senatu, Cic. Clu. 122, gew. bl. senatu, Sall. u.a. – alqm tribu, aus der Tr. stoßen, Cic. u.a. – gregem loco, die Schauspieler von ihrem Platze (von der Bühne) verdrängen, Plaut.: veros heredes, verdrängen, Cic. – e) jmd. von einer Meinung usw. entfernen, abbringen, alqm de sententia, Liv.: alqm a vero, Sall. fr.: quosdam a perverso proposito nemo potest movere, Scrib. Larg. – dah. im Juristenlat., alqm, jmd. wankend-, irre machen, ICt.: me movet quod od. quia etc., ICt.

C) = mutare, umwandeln, verwandeln, quorum forma semel mota est, Ov. met. 8, 729. – übtr., adeo nihil motum ex antiquo probabile est, so wenig Beifall findet irgend eine Umwandlung des Hergebrachten, Liv. 34, 54, 8: nullā tamen providentiā fatum imminens moveri potuit, Liv. 25, 16, 4. – / Infin. Präs. Akk. movĕre, Ven. Fort. carm. 7, 1, 1.

blæk
1. adjective
2. noun
3. verb - blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist
4. verb
5. noun - Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white

I blæk
II

III
[blæk] (compar blacker) (superl blackest)
I [blæk]
II

III

ADJ malvado, perverso

dɪ'preɪvd ADJ depravado [dɪ'preɪvd]

'prɑːflɪgət ['prɒflɪɡɪt] ['prɑːflɪgət]

'ʌn'nætʃərəl ADJ ['ʌn'nætʃərəl]

[ʌn'raɪtʃǝs]

- злой мороз
- злая буря
- он злой до работы
- он зол до работы - злой дух
- злой гений

nome masculino, feminino

adjectivo

adjectivo

'tykə

'mɔnstrwo

1. si'nǐestro m 2. si'nǐestro adj

tɔr'twoso

Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.

Ex: He went on to explain that while there were no unsightly slums, there was a fairly large district of rather nondescript homes intermingled with plain two- and three-family brick and frame dwellings, principally in the eastern reaches of the city.

Ex: This was so that the stuffing could be teased out and cleared of lumps, and so that the pelts could be softened by currying and soaking them in urine; the smell is said to have been revolting.

Ex: Anthony Datto thanked them for having permitted him to unburden himself and after a few desultory remarks about the nasty weather and nothing in particular, they parted.

Ex: And, as if by way of indicating that he had thrown down the gauntlet, he added, 'I can be unpleasant. I warn you'.

Ex: These articles were written by those who have had first hand experience of the awful consequences of not devoting enough time to testing their security systems.

Ex: She had a distant fleeting vision of a workplace in which people acted like free and sensible human beings, instead of like the martyrized and victimized puppets of a terrible system called 'one-upmanship'.

Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.

Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.

Ex: The author mentions several recent shocking revelations concerning the activities of the Japanese government and its officials.

Ex: Not saving the wildlife is too horrible to contemplate, but saving it will require us to accept harsh realities and abandon romantic notions.

Ex: The same author also wrote the book 'Serials deselection: a dreadful dilemma'.

Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.

Ex: No echo of so frightening a concept, 'class', ever lingers within the hushed precincts of our libraries.

Ex: I saw Gina's post the other day where she said she feels 'fat and frumpish and yucky'.

Ex: Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.

* horrible, espantoso, de puta pena = awful.

* morir una muerte horrible = suffer + a horrible death, die + a horrible death.

* tener una muerte horrible = die + a horrible death, suffer + a horrible death.

 

horrible adjetivo


‹camisa/adorno› horrible, hideous


horrible adjetivo horrible, dreadful, awful
' horrible' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amanecer
- horrendo-a
- infame
- pestazo
- antipático
- calor
- cargante
- mal
- malo
- odioso
- pereza
- perro
- pinche
- tocar
- tufo
English:
awful
- cat
- dreadful
- hideous
- hole
- horrible
- horrid
- it
- manage
- mind
- nasty
- shocking
- thought
- wretched
- abominable
- crummy
- foul
- ghastly
- revolting
- rotten
- sickly
- vile

Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.

Ex: These parameters enable quantifying the essential characteristics of malignant gliomas.

Ex: The large and nasty-looking African Buffalo is highly dangerous to humans due to its unpredictable nature.

* programa maligno = malicious software.

maligno



‹ influencia› harmful, evil
maligno,-a adjetivo malignant
' maligno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espíritu
- maligna
- tumor
English:
evil
- malign
- malignant
- spirit
- venomous
- malevolent

1. (f. - mala)

noun

villain, bad person

2. (f. - mala)

adj.

1) bad

2) evil

3) harmful

4) ill

5) poor, cheap

6) rotten

* * *

malo, -a

1. ADJ

( antes de sm sing mal)

1) (=perjudicial) bad

es malo para la salud — it's bad for your health

- más vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer

2) (=imperfecto) bad

esta película es bastante mala — this is a pretty bad film

un chiste malísimo — a really bad joke, a terrible joke

este papel es malo para escribir — this paper is bad for writing

mala calidad — poor quality

es una tela muy mala — it's a very poor-quality material

joyas malas — fake jewels

• ni un(a) mal(a)..., no hay ni un mal bar para tomar algo — there isn't a single little bar where we can get a drink

3) (=adverso) bad

he tenido mala suerte — I've had bad luck, I've been unlucky

eso es una mala señal — that's a bad sign

-es tarde y no ha llamado -¡malo! — "it's late and she hasn't called" - "oh dear!"

malo sería que no ganáramos — it would be a disaster if we didn't win

lo malo es que... — the trouble is (that)...

pata 1., 6)

4) (=desagradable) bad

un mal día — a bad day

el tiempo estuvo muy malo todo el verano — we had really bad weather all summer

un olor muy malo — a bad o nasty smell

5) (=podrido)

esta carne está mala — this meat's off

6) (=reprobable) wrong

¿qué tiene de malo? — what's wrong with that?

¿qué tiene de malo comer helados en invierno? — what's wrong with eating ice cream in winter?

van por mal camino — they'll come to no good if they carry on like this

es una mala persona — he's a bad person

una bruja mala — a wicked witch

arte 2), idea 3), leche 10), lengua 1), manera 2), pasada 5), trato 4), uva 1)

7) (=travieso) naughty

¡no seas malo! — don't be naughty!

8) (=enfermo) ill

mi hija está mala — my daughter's ill

tienes muy mala cara — you look awful o really ill

se puso malo después de comer — he started to feel ill after lunch

me puse malo de reírme — I nearly died laughing

tengo mala la garganta — I've got a sore throat

9) (=inepto) bad

ser malo para algo — to be bad at sth

soy muy mala para la física — I'm very bad at physics

10) (=difícil) hard, difficult

es un animal malo de domesticar — it's a hard o difficult animal to tame

es muy malo de vencer — he's very hard o difficult to beat

11)

- a la mala

- andar a malas con algn

ponerse a malas con algn — to fall out with sb

- estar de malas

- venir de malas

- por las malas

2.

SM / F (=personaje) (Teat) villain; (Cine) baddie *

3.

SM

el malo — (Rel) the Evil One, the Devil

* * *

I

1) - la adjetivo [ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

Sentido I

2) [ser] ( en calidad) < producto> bad, poor; <película/novela> bad

es de mala calidad — it is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía — her spelling is bad o poor

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer — better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3) [ser]

a) ( incompetente) <alumno/actor> bad

soy muy mala para los números — I'm terrible o very bad with figures

b) <padre/marido/amigo> bad

4) [SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

qué mala suerte! — what bad luck!, how unlucky!

lo malo es que... — the thing o trouble is that...

en las malas se conoce a los amigos — a friend in need is a friend indeed

estar de malas — ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood; ( desafortunado) (esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas — unwillingly

5) [ser] (inconveniente, perjudicial) <hábitos/lecturas> bad

las malas compañías — bad company

llegas en mal momento — you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol — it's not good to sunbathe so much

6) [SER] ( sin gracia) < chiste> bad

7) [SER] ( desagradable) <olor/aliento> bad

hace un día muy malo — it's a horrible day

hace tan malo — (Esp) it's such horrible weather

8) [estar] ( en mal estado) < alimento>

el pescado/queso está malo — the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

9)

a) (desmejorado, no saludable)

tienes mala cara/mal aspecto — you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color — he looks terribly pale to me

b) [SER] (serio, grave) serious

no tiene nada malo — it's nothing serious

una mala caída — a bad fall

c) [estar] (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE)

el pobre está malito — the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

d) [ESTAR] (Esp fam & euf) < mujer>

estoy mala — it's that time of the month (colloq & euph)

me he puesto mala — my period's started

10) [ser] ( difícil)

malo de + inf — difficult to + inf

es muy malo de convencer — he's very difficult o hard to persuade

Sentido II

11) [ser] ( en sentido ético) < persona> nasty

qué malo eres con tu hermano! — you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo — don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq)

una mala mujer — a loose woman

una mujer mala — a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala — (Chi fam)

se lo quitaron a la mala — they did him out of it (colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala — she sneaked the camera through (colloq)

Sentido III

12) (Esp) ( uso enfático) (delante del n)

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café — they didn't even offer us a cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse — there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on (colloq)

•

- mala hierba

- mala idea

- mala leche

- mala palabra

- mala pata

- mala sangre

- malas artes

- malas lenguas

- malos pensamientos

- malos tratos

II

- la masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)

* * *

= bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], wrong, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.], naughty [naughtier -comp., naugtiest -sup.], villain, evil, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], lame.

Ex. I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.

Ex. Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).

Ex. In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex. Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

Ex. He felt like a naughty school-boy.

Ex. The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.

Ex. One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.

Ex. One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.

Ex. Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.

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* acabar mal = come to + a bad end.

* algo anda mal = something is amiss.

* algo va mal = something is amiss.

* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* aplicar mal = misapply.

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* bastante malo = third rate [third-rate].

* bicho malo = nasty piece of work.

* caer mal = rub + Nombre + up the wrong way.

* calcular mal = misjudge.

* chiste malo = shaggy dog story.

* citar mal = misquote.

* comportarse mal = misbehave, act up.

* comportarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* comprender mal = misunderstand.

* concebir mal = misconceive.

* con mala fama = disreputable.

* con mala reputación = disreputable.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* corregir un mal = correct + a wrong.

* creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.

* dar de mala gana = begrudge, grudge.

* dar mala impresión = look + bad.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de mala calidad = shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

* de mala fama = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mala gana = reluctantly, grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly.

* de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.

* de mala reputación = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mal aspecto = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

* de malas pulgas = in a grouch.

* de mala uva = in a foul mood.

* de mal carácter = ill-natured.

* de mal en peor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.

* de mal genio = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured.

* de mal gusto = in bad taste, distasteful, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de mal humor = crotchety.

* de mal sabor = unbecoming.

* de mal vivir = disreputable.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* diagnosticar mal = misdiagnose.

* día malo = bad hair day.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en malas condiciones = in poor condition, in bad condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* en mal estado = in bad condition, in poor condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing.

* escuchar mal = mishearing.

* estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.

* estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar mal preparado = ill-prepared.

* estar mal visto = frown on/upon.

* estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* gestionar mal = mismanage.

* golpe de malasuerte = stroke of misfortune.

* hablar mal de = speak out against, speak + ill of, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, slate, diss.

* hacer sentir mal = make + Nombre + feel bad.

* ir de mal en peor = go from + bad to worse.

* ir mal = go + wrong.

* ir mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* ir por mal camino = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* juzgar mal = misjudge, misconceive.

* limpieza de malas hierbas = weeding.

* llevar por el mal camino = lead + astray.

* llevar por mal camino = mislead.

* lo bueno y lo malo = the rights and wrongs.

* lo que está bien y lo que está mal = rights and wrongs.

* lo uno es tan malo como lo otro = one is as bad as the other.

* mala administración = mismanagement.

* mala aplicación = misapplication.

* mala calidad = badness.

* mala cizaña = rotten apple.

* mala colocación = misplacement, misfiling.

* mala colocación en los estantes = misshelving.

* mala compañía = bad apple, rotten apple, damaged goods.

* mala conducta = misconduct, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mala conducta científica = scientific misconduct.

* mala decisión = bad judgement.

* mal + Adjetivo = poorly + Adjetivo.

* mala educación = impoliteness.

* mala experiencia = horror story.

* mala fama = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mala fortuna = misfortune.

* mala gestión = mismanagement.

* mala hierba = weed, bad apple, rotten apple.

* mala influencia = bad seed, bad influence.

* mala intención = sinisterness, ill will.

* mala interpretación = misinterpretation.

* mala jugada = dirty trick.

* mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.

* mal aliento = bad breath.

* mala ordenación = misfiling.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mala pasada = dirty trick.

* mala persona = rotten apple, a bad lot.

* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.

* mala reputación = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mal armado = ill-armed.

* mala salud = poor health.

* mala semilla = bad seed.

* malas experiencias = awful experience.

* malas pulgas = ornery, grouchiness, grouch.

* mala suerte = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, hard luck, losing streak.

* malas vibraciones = bad vibes.

* mal atendido = ill-served.

* mala tierra = poor soil.

* mala vista = poor eyesight.

* mala voluntad = ill will.

* mal batido = badly-beaten.

* mal comportamiento = misconduct, disruptive behaviour, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mal comportamiento científico = scientific misconduct.

* mal concebido = ill-conceived.

* mal configurado = misconfigured.

* mal considerado = poorly-regarded.

* mal cuidado = mishandling.

* mal día = bad hair day.

* mal digerido = ill-digested.

* mal educado = impolite.

* mal emparejado = mismated.

* mal enfocado = ill-adapted.

* mal escrito = mistyped, ill-written, badly written.

* mal estado = disrepair, state of disrepair.

* mal estado de salud = poor health.

* mal estructurado = ill-structured.

* mal expresado = inarticulate.

* mal formado = ill-trained.

* mal formulado = badly formulated.

* mal funcionamiento = malfunction, malfunctioning.

* mal fundido = ill-cast.

* mal genio = bile, short temper.

* mal gusto = bad taste, tawdriness.

* mal hecho para = ill suited to/for.

* mal iluminado = badly-lit.

* mal informado = ill-informed.

* mal juicio = bad judgement.

* mal llamado = ill-named.

* mal menor = lesser evil.

* malo del estómago = upset stomach.

* malo, el = bad guy, the.

* mal oído = poor hearing.

* mal olor = stench.

* mal ordenado en los estantes = misshelved.

* mal ordenado los estantes = misshelved.

* mal organizado = ill-structured.

* malos, los = baddies, the.

* malos tiempos = bad times.

* malos tratos = mistreatment, battery, maltreatment, physical abuse.

* malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* mal pagado = low-paid, underpaid.

* mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.

* mal planeado = ill-planned.

* mal preparado = ill-prepared, ill-equipped, ill-trained.

* mal presentado = poorly presented.

* mal provisto = poorly stocked.

* mal remunerado = poorly paid, poorly remunerated.

* mal retribuido = underpaid.

* mal rollo = bad vibes.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mal social = societal ill.

* mal surtido = poorly stocked.

* mal trago = awful experience.

* mal uso = misuse, mishandling.

* mal ventilado = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.].

* manejar mal = mishandle.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* muy mal tiempo = severe weather.

* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = to every cloud, there is a silver lining.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that).

* oír mal = mishearing.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para mal = for the worse.

* pasarlo mal = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.

* pasarlo muy mal = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* ponerse a malas con = run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* quedar mal = lose + face.

* que queda mal = ill-fitting.

* quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + bad reputation.

* racha de mala suerte = losing streak.

* recibir mala prensa = acquire + a bad name.

* reformar malos hábitos = reform + bad habits.

* representar mal = misrepresent.

* salir horriblemente mal = go + horribly wrong.

* salir mal = go + wrong, go + awry, misfire, backfire.

* se avecinan malos tiempos = hard times lie ahead.

* sentirse mal = feel + bad, feel under + the weather, be under the weather, feel + wrong.

* sentirse mal con Uno mismo = feel + wrong.

* ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.

* si mal no + Pronombre + acordarse = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* tener mala fama = hold in + disrepute.

* tener mala fama por = be infamous for.

* tener malas conexiones con = have + poor connections with.

* tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener un mal concepto de Alguien = show + low regard for, give + low regard to.

* tener un mal día = have + a bad day.

* terminar mal = come to + a bad end.

* tiempo muy malo = severe weather.

* tierra mala = poor soil.

* traerse algo malo entre manos = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tratar mal = maltreat, manhandle.

* usar mal = abuse, misuse.

* * *

I

1) - la adjetivo [ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

Sentido I

2) [ser] ( en calidad) < producto> bad, poor; <película/novela> bad

es de mala calidad — it is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía — her spelling is bad o poor

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer — better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3) [ser]

a) ( incompetente) <alumno/actor> bad

soy muy mala para los números — I'm terrible o very bad with figures

b) <padre/marido/amigo> bad

4) [SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

qué mala suerte! — what bad luck!, how unlucky!

lo malo es que... — the thing o trouble is that...

en las malas se conoce a los amigos — a friend in need is a friend indeed

estar de malas — ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood; ( desafortunado) (esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas — unwillingly

5) [ser] (inconveniente, perjudicial) <hábitos/lecturas> bad

las malas compañías — bad company

llegas en mal momento — you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol — it's not good to sunbathe so much

6) [SER] ( sin gracia) < chiste> bad

7) [SER] ( desagradable) <olor/aliento> bad

hace un día muy malo — it's a horrible day

hace tan malo — (Esp) it's such horrible weather

8) [estar] ( en mal estado) < alimento>

el pescado/queso está malo — the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

9)

a) (desmejorado, no saludable)

tienes mala cara/mal aspecto — you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color — he looks terribly pale to me

b) [SER] (serio, grave) serious

no tiene nada malo — it's nothing serious

una mala caída — a bad fall

c) [estar] (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE)

el pobre está malito — the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

d) [ESTAR] (Esp fam & euf) < mujer>

estoy mala — it's that time of the month (colloq & euph)

me he puesto mala — my period's started

10) [ser] ( difícil)

malo de + inf — difficult to + inf

es muy malo de convencer — he's very difficult o hard to persuade

Sentido II

11) [ser] ( en sentido ético) < persona> nasty

qué malo eres con tu hermano! — you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo — don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq)

una mala mujer — a loose woman

una mujer mala — a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala — (Chi fam)

se lo quitaron a la mala — they did him out of it (colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala — she sneaked the camera through (colloq)

Sentido III

12) (Esp) ( uso enfático) (delante del n)

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café — they didn't even offer us a cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse — there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on (colloq)

•

- mala hierba

- mala idea

- mala leche

- mala palabra

- mala pata

- mala sangre

- malas artes

- malas lenguas

- malos pensamientos

- malos tratos

II

- la masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)

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el malo

(n.) = bad guy, the

Ex: The author offers an interpretation of why in professional wrestling the bad guy is often victorious, by whatever means necessary including foul play.

= bad [worse -comp., worst -sup.], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], wrong, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.], naughty [naughtier -comp., naugtiest -sup.], villain, evil, crummy [crummier -comp., crummiest -sup.], lame.

Ex: I'm not saying that it is bad, but it is a real difference of interest between the needs and purposes of research libraries and the public libraries, and I would also throw in the school and almost certainly junior college libraries.

Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).

Ex: In a conventional system, the omission of a punctuation mark or an abbreviation will not necessarily cause an entry to be filed in the wrong place, because humans can compensate for variations in spelling and punctuation.

Ex: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

Ex: He felt like a naughty school-boy.

Ex: The father, Old Brightwell, curses his daughter, Jane, for preferring the love of the smooth-tongued villain, Grandley, to that of her own parents.

Ex: One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.

Ex: One librarian bluntly wondered about the ethics of sending ' crummy looking books with information that is incorrect or obsolete to the needy (because) everyone should have access to good material'.

Ex: Democrats are lame, feckless, timid, with no ideas, no vision, no message, and no future.

* acabar mal = come to + a bad end.

* algo anda mal = something is amiss.

* algo va mal = something is amiss.

* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* aplicar mal = misapply.

* a veces las cosas salen mal = shit happens.

* bastante malo = third rate [third-rate].

* bicho malo = nasty piece of work.

* caer mal = rub + Nombre + up the wrong way.

* calcular mal = misjudge.

* chiste malo = shaggy dog story.

* citar mal = misquote.

* comportarse mal = misbehave, act up.

* comportarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* comprender mal = misunderstand.

* concebir mal = misconceive.

* con mala fama = disreputable.

* con mala reputación = disreputable.

* control de las malas hierbas = weed control.

* corregir un mal = correct + a wrong.

* creer que estar mal = feel + wrong.

* dar de mala gana = begrudge, grudge.

* dar mala impresión = look + bad.

* decían las malas lenguas que = rumour had it that.

* decir con mal humor = spit out.

* dejar un mal sabor de boca = leave + a bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* de mala calidad = shabby [shabbier -comp., shabbiest -sup.].

* de mala fama = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mala gana = reluctantly, grudgingly, grudging, begrudgingly, unwillingly.

* de mala leche = like a bear with a sore head, in a foul mood.

* de mala reputación = of bad repute, notorious.

* de mal aspecto = seedy [seedier -comp., seediest -sup.], nasty looking, shanky [shankier -comp., shankiest -sup.].

* de malas pulgas = in a grouch.

* de mala uva = in a foul mood.

* de mal carácter = ill-natured.

* de mal en peor = out of the fire and into the frying pan.

* de mal genio = bad-tempered, grumpy [grumpier -comp., grumpiest -sup.], curmudgeonly, crusty [crustier -comp., crustiest -sup.], irascible, shrewish, short-tempered, ill-natured.

* de mal gusto = in bad taste, distasteful, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.].

* de mal humor = crotchety.

* de mal sabor = unbecoming.

* de mal vivir = disreputable.

* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.

* diagnosticar mal = misdiagnose.

* día malo = bad hair day.

* dicen las malas lenguas que = rumour has it that.

* el cielo rojo al atardecer augura buen tiempo, el cielo rojo al amanecer aug = red sky at night, (shepherd/sailor)'s delight, red sky in the morning, (shepherd/sailor)'s warning.

* en mala forma = in bad nick.

* en malas condiciones = in poor condition, in bad condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* en mal estado = in bad condition, in poor condition, in bad shape, in poor shape, in bad nick.

* entender mal = misunderstand, misconceive, mishearing.

* escuchar mal = mishearing.

* estar mal = be wrong, feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* estar mal comunicado con = have + poor connections with.

* estar mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* estar mal preparado = ill-prepared.

* estar mal visto = frown on/upon.

* estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* funcionar mal = malfunction.

* gestionar mal = mismanage.

* golpe de malasuerte = stroke of misfortune.

* hablar mal de = speak out against, speak + ill of, say + nasty things about, slag + Nombre + off, slate, diss.

* hacer sentir mal = make + Nombre + feel bad.

* ir de mal en peor = go from + bad to worse.

* ir mal = go + wrong.

* ir mal encaminado = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* ir por mal camino = be on the wrong track, be headed down the wrong track.

* juzgar mal = misjudge, misconceive.

* limpieza de malas hierbas = weeding.

* llevar por el mal camino = lead + astray.

* llevar por mal camino = mislead.

* lo bueno y lo malo = the rights and wrongs.

* lo que está bien y lo que está mal = rights and wrongs.

* lo uno es tan malo como lo otro = one is as bad as the other.

* mala administración = mismanagement.

* mala aplicación = misapplication.

* mala calidad = badness.

* mala cizaña = rotten apple.

* mala colocación = misplacement, misfiling.

* mala colocación en los estantes = misshelving.

* mala compañía = bad apple, rotten apple, damaged goods.

* mala conducta = misconduct, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mala conducta científica = scientific misconduct.

* mala decisión = bad judgement.

* mal + Adjetivo = poorly + Adjetivo.

* mala educación = impoliteness.

* mala experiencia = horror story.

* mala fama = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mala fortuna = misfortune.

* mala gestión = mismanagement.

* mala hierba = weed, bad apple, rotten apple.

* mala influencia = bad seed, bad influence.

* mala intención = sinisterness, ill will.

* mala interpretación = misinterpretation.

* mala jugada = dirty trick.

* mala leche = nastiness, bad blood.

* mal aliento = bad breath.

* mala ordenación = misfiling.

* mala palabra = dirty word.

* mala pasada = dirty trick.

* mala persona = rotten apple, a bad lot.

* mala racha económica = economic doldrums.

* mala reputación = ill-repute, bad repute, bad reputation, ill reputation.

* mal armado = ill-armed.

* mala salud = poor health.

* mala semilla = bad seed.

* malas experiencias = awful experience.

* malas pulgas = ornery, grouchiness, grouch.

* mala suerte = misfortune, mischance, bad luck, tough luck, hard luck, losing streak.

* malas vibraciones = bad vibes.

* mal atendido = ill-served.

* mala tierra = poor soil.

* mala vista = poor eyesight.

* mala voluntad = ill will.

* mal batido = badly-beaten.

* mal comportamiento = misconduct, disruptive behaviour, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].

* mal comportamiento científico = scientific misconduct.

* mal concebido = ill-conceived.

* mal configurado = misconfigured.

* mal considerado = poorly-regarded.

* mal cuidado = mishandling.

* mal día = bad hair day.

* mal digerido = ill-digested.

* mal educado = impolite.

* mal emparejado = mismated.

* mal enfocado = ill-adapted.

* mal escrito = mistyped, ill-written, badly written.

* mal estado = disrepair, state of disrepair.

* mal estado de salud = poor health.

* mal estructurado = ill-structured.

* mal expresado = inarticulate.

* mal formado = ill-trained.

* mal formulado = badly formulated.

* mal funcionamiento = malfunction, malfunctioning.

* mal fundido = ill-cast.

* mal genio = bile, short temper.

* mal gusto = bad taste, tawdriness.

* mal hecho para = ill suited to/for.

* mal iluminado = badly-lit.

* mal informado = ill-informed.

* mal juicio = bad judgement.

* mal llamado = ill-named.

* mal menor = lesser evil.

* malo del estómago = upset stomach.

* malo, el = bad guy, the.

* mal oído = poor hearing.

* mal olor = stench.

* mal ordenado en los estantes = misshelved.

* mal ordenado los estantes = misshelved.

* mal organizado = ill-structured.

* malos, los = baddies, the.

* malos tiempos = bad times.

* malos tratos = mistreatment, battery, maltreatment, physical abuse.

* malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.

* mal pagado = low-paid, underpaid.

* mal perdedor = sore loser, bad loser.

* mal planeado = ill-planned.

* mal preparado = ill-prepared, ill-equipped, ill-trained.

* mal presentado = poorly presented.

* mal provisto = poorly stocked.

* mal remunerado = poorly paid, poorly remunerated.

* mal retribuido = underpaid.

* mal rollo = bad vibes.

* mal sabor de boca = bad taste in + Posesivo + mouth.

* mal social = societal ill.

* mal surtido = poorly stocked.

* mal trago = awful experience.

* mal uso = misuse, mishandling.

* mal ventilado = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.].

* manejar mal = mishandle.

* más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer = better the devil you know (than the devil you don't).

* mirar con malos ojos = glower, scowl (at).

* muy mal tiempo = severe weather.

* no + haber + nada malo en = there + be + nothing wrong in/with.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = to every cloud, there is a silver lining.

* no hay mal que por bien no venga = every cloud has a silver lining, be a blessing in disguise.

* no salir mal parado por = be none the worse for (that).

* oír mal = mishearing.

* para bien o para mal = for better or (for) worse, for good or (for) ill, for good or (for) evil.

* para mal = for the worse.

* pasarlo mal = have + a thin time, have + a difficult time, experience + difficult times, pass through + difficult times, face + difficult times.

* pasarlo muy mal = have + a tough time, have + a hard time.

* persona vaga y mal vestida = slob.

* poner a mal tiempo buena cara = keep + Posesivo + chin up.

* ponerse a malas con = run + afoul of, fall + afoul of.

* por la mala fortuna = by ill fate.

* por la mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by ill fate.

* por las buenas o por las malas = by hook or by crook.

* por mala fortuna = unfortunately, unhappily, sadly.

* por mala suerte = by ill luck, by bad luck, by a stroke of bad luck, by ill fate.

* por mal camino = astray.

* portarse muy mal con = be rotten to.

* quedar mal = lose + face.

* que queda mal = ill-fitting.

* quitarse una mala reputación = clean up + bad reputation.

* racha de mala suerte = losing streak.

* recibir mala prensa = acquire + a bad name.

* reformar malos hábitos = reform + bad habits.

* representar mal = misrepresent.

* salir horriblemente mal = go + horribly wrong.

* salir mal = go + wrong, go + awry, misfire, backfire.

* se avecinan malos tiempos = hard times lie ahead.

* sentirse mal = feel + bad, feel under + the weather, be under the weather, feel + wrong.

* sentirse mal con Uno mismo = feel + wrong.

* ser malo = be a joke, spell + bad news, make + poor + Nombre.

* si mal no + Pronombre + acordarse = to the best of + Posesivo + recollection.

* tener mala fama = hold in + disrepute.

* tener mala fama por = be infamous for.

* tener malas conexiones con = have + poor connections with.

* tener malas intenciones = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tener mal ojo para juzgar a la gente = be a bad judge of character.

* tener muy mala cara = look like + death warmed (over/up).

* tener un mal concepto de Alguien = show + low regard for, give + low regard to.

* tener un mal día = have + a bad day.

* terminar mal = come to + a bad end.

* tiempo muy malo = severe weather.

* tierra mala = poor soil.

* traerse algo malo entre manos = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* tratar mal = maltreat, manhandle.

* usar mal = abuse, misuse.

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malo¹ -la

adjective

[ The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns. mal² (↑ mal (2)) ]

Sentido I

A [ SER] (en calidad) ‹producto› bad, poor; ‹película/novela› bad

la tela es de mala calidad the material is poor quality

tiene mala ortografía her spelling is bad o poor, she's a bad o poor speller

más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

B [ SER]

1 (incompetente) ‹alumno/actor› bad

soy muy mala para los números I'm terrible o very bad with figures

2 ‹padre/marido/amigo› bad

C [ SER] (desfavorable, adverso) bad

¡qué mala suerte! what bad luck!, how unlucky!

la obra tuvo mala crítica the play got bad reviews

están en mala situación económica they're going through hard times

lo malo es que va a haber mucho tráfico the only thing o trouble o problem is that there'll be a lot of traffic

en las malas ( AmS): un amigo no te abandona en las malas a friend doesn't abandon you when things are tough o when times are bad

estar de malas (de mal humor) ( fam) to be in a bad mood; (desafortunado) ( esp AmL) to be unlucky

por las malas unwillingly

vas a tener que hacerlo, ya sea por las buenas o por las malas you'll have to do it whether you like it or not

D [ SER] (inconveniente, perjudicial) ‹hábitos/lecturas› bad

las malas compañías bad company

llegas en mal momento you've come at an awkward o a bad moment

es malo tomar tanto sol it's not good to sunbathe so much

E [ SER] (sin gracia) ‹chiste› bad

F [ SER]

1 (desagradable) ‹olor/aliento› bad

hace un día muy malo it's a horrible day

nos hizo mal tiempo we had bad weather

hace tan malo ( Esp); it's such horrible weather, the weather's so horrible

2 ( Chi fam) (feo) ugly

G [ ESTAR] (en mal estado) ‹alimento›

ese pescado/queso está malo that fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off ( BrE)

H

1

(desmejorado, no saludable): tienes mal aspecto you don't look very well

tienes mala cara you don't look well

yo le veo muy mal color he looks terribly pale to me

2 [ SER] (serio, grave) serious

fue una mala caída it was a bad fall

no tiene nada malo it's nothing serious

3 [ ESTAR] (Esp, Méx fam) (enfermo) sick ( AmE), ill ( BrE)

el pobre está malito the poor thing's not very well ( colloq)

4 [ ESTAR]

( Esp fam euf) ‹mujer› estoy mala I've got my period, it's the time of the month ( colloq euph)

me he puesto mala my period's started

I [ SER] (difícil) malo DE + INF difficult to + INF

esta tela es mala de planchar this material is difficult to iron

es muy malo de convencer he's very difficult o hard to persuade, it's very difficult o hard to persuade him

Sentido II [ SER] (en sentido ético) ‹persona›

¡qué malo eres con tu hermano! you're really horrible o nasty to your brother

no seas mala, préstamelo don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me ( colloq)

una mala mujer a loose woman

es una mujer muy mala she's a wicked o an evil woman

a la mala ( Chi fam): se lo quitaron a la mala they did him out of it ( colloq)

pasó la cámara a la mala she sneaked the camera through ( colloq)

un ataque a la mala a sneak attack

Sentido III (uso enfático) ( delante del n):

no nos ofrecieron ni un mal café they didn't even offer us a (lousy) cup of coffee

no había ni una mala silla para sentarse there wasn't a single damn chair to sit on ( colloq)

Compuestos:

● mala hierba

feminine weed

● mala idea

feminine

( Esp): tiene muy maloa idea she's a nasty character o a nasty piece of work ( colloq)

lo hizo a or con maloa idea he did it deliberately o to be nasty, he did it knowing it would hurt ( o cause trouble etc)

● mala leche

feminine ( fam):

lo hizo con maloa leche (Esp, Méx, Ven); he did it deliberately o to be nasty, he did it knowing it would hurt ( o cause trouble etc)

está de maloa leche ( Esp); she's in a foul mood ( colloq)

¡qué maloa leche, se ha puesto a llover! ( Esp); what a drag! it's started raining ( colloq)

● mala palabra

feminine ( esp AmL) rude o dirty word

● mala pasada

feminine dirty trick

me hizo or jugó una maloa pasada she played a dirty trick on me

los nervios me jugaron una maloa pasada my nerves got the better of me

● mala pata

feminine ( fam); bad luck

● mala sangre

feminine:

hacerse maloa sangre to get worked up ( colloq), to get into a state ( colloq)

● malas artes

fpl guile, cunning

todo lo ha conseguido con maloas artes she's got everything she has by guile o through cunning

● malas lenguas

fpl ( fam):

dicen las maloas lenguas que … rumor* has it that …, there's a rumor* o there are rumors* going around that …, people are saying that …

● mala uva

feminine ( Esp) mala leche

● malos pensamientos

mpl bad o impure thoughts (pl)

● malos tratos

mpl (a persona, animal) maltreatment, ill-treatment; (a un niño, mujer) physical abuse, battery

malos tratos a menores or a la infancia child abuse

malo² -la

masculine, feminine

( leng infantil or hum); baddy ( colloq)

uno de los malos one of the baddies o bad guys

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malo

◊ -la adjetivo [The form mal is used before masculine singular nouns]

1

a) [ser] ( en general) bad;

◊ una novela mala a bad novel;

un mal amigo a bad friend;
una mala caída a bad fall;
soy muy malo para los números I'm very bad with figures;
¡qué mala suerte or (fam) pata! what bad luck!, how unlucky!;
lo malo es que … the thing o trouble is that …;
las malas compañías bad company;
mala hierba weed;
malos tratos ill-treatment;
es malo tomar tanto sol it's not good to sunbathe so much;
tienes mala cara or mal aspecto you don't look well

b) ‹calidad/visibilidad› poor;

◊ tiene mala ortografía her spelling is poor;

estar de malas ( de mal humor) (fam) to be in a bad mood;

( con mala suerte) (esp AmL) to be unlucky;

◊ más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

2 [ser] ‹ persona› ( en sentido ético) nasty;
( travieso) naughty;

◊ ¡qué malo eres con tu hermano! you're really horrible o nasty to your brother;

no seas mala, préstamelo don't be mean o rotten, lend it to me (colloq);
una mala mujer a loose woman;
una mujer mala a wicked o an evil woman;
lo hizo a or con mala idea he did it deliberately o to be nasty;
mala palabra (esp AmL) rude o dirty word;
dicen las malas lenguas que … (fam) there's a rumor going around that …, people are saying that …;
hacerse mala sangre to get upset;
ver tb leche 3
3 [estar]

a) ( en mal estado) ‹ alimento›:

◊ el pescado/queso está malo the fish/cheese has gone bad, that fish/cheese is off (BrE)

b) (Esp, Méx fam) ( enfermo) sick (AmE), ill (BrE);

◊ el pobre está malito the poor thing's not very well (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq)
malo,-a
I adjetivo ➣ mal
1 bad: he tenido un día muy malo, I've had a bad day
2 (perverso) wicked, bad
(desobediente, travieso) naughty: es una mala persona, he's wicked
préstame el coche, no seas malo, lend me your car, don't be so mean
3 (espectáculo, libro, etc) bad, poor: es un argumento muy malo, it's a feeble argument
4 (dañino) harmful: es malo para ti que él lo sepa, it's bad for you that he knows it
tenemos que arrancar las malas hierbas, we'll have to pull out the weeds
5 (enfermo) ill, sick
6 (alimentos) rotten: se puso mala la carne, the meat went bad
II m,f fam el malo, the baddy o villain
♦ Locuciones: estar de malas, to be in a bad mood
por las malas, by force
' malo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abominable
- ínfima
- ínfimo
- mal
- mala
- peor
- quina
- redundar
- santita
- santito
- antología
- chimbo
- en
- endiablado
- fatal
- fondo
- igualmente
- pata
- pichanga
- sangre
English:
abominable
- abysmal
- bad
- baddy
- devil
- evil
- good
- half
- ill
- lean
- low
- mean
- nasty
- off
- poor
- rotten
- shocking
- spiteful
- thick
- up
- villain
- wicked
- wrong
- your
- corny
- crummy
- indulgence
- lame
- naughty
- paltry
- ropey
- severe
- trashy
- unkind

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malo, -a Mal is used instead of malo before singular masculine nouns (e.g. un mal ejemplo a bad example). The comparative form of malo (= worse) is peor, the superlative forms (= the worst) are el peor (masculine) and la peor (feminine).

♦ adj

1. [perjudicial, grave] bad;

traigo malas noticias I have some bad news;

es malo para el hígado it's bad for your liver;

¿es algo malo, doctor? is it serious, doctor?;

una mala caída a nasty fall

2. [sin calidad, sin aptitudes] poor, bad;

una mala novela/actriz a bad novel/actress;

tiene muy malas notas her Br marks o US grades are very poor o bad;

ser de mala calidad to be poor quality;

este material/producto es muy malo this material/product is very poor quality;

soy muy malo para la música I'm no good at o very bad at music;

Comp

Hum

es más malo que hecho de encargo [producto, jugador] he's/it's truly awful o as bad as they come;

Prov

más vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)

3. [inapropiado, adverso] bad;

fue una mala decisión it was a bad decision;

he dormido en mala postura I slept in a funny position;

es mala señal it's a bad sign;

lo malo es que… the problem is (that)…;

disparó con la pierna mala y metió gol he shot with his weaker foot and scored;

tener mala suerte to be unlucky;

¡qué mala suerte! how unlucky!

Comp

Am mala palabra swearword

4. [malvado] wicked, evil;

es muy mala persona she's a really nasty person;

tiene muy mala intención he's very spiteful;

eso sólo lo haría un mal amigo it's a poor friend who would do a thing like that;

¡mira que eres malo, criticarla así! it's not very nice of you to criticize her like that!;

anda, no seas malo y déjame que vaya go on, don't be mean, let me go

5. [travieso] naughty;

¡no seas malo y obedece! be good and do as I say!;

el crío está muy malo últimamente the child has been very naughty recently

6. [enfermo] ill, sick;

estar/ponerse malo to be/fall ill;

tiene a su padre malo her father's ill;

Comp

poner malo a alguien to drive sb mad;

me pongo mala cada vez que la veo I get mad every time I see her

7. [desagradable] bad;

esta herida tiene mal aspecto this wound looks nasty;

mal tiempo bad weather;

hace mal tiempo the weather's bad;

Esp

está muy malo el día it's a horrible day, it's not a very nice day

8. [podrido, pasado] bad, off, spoiled;

la fruta está mala the fruit is bad o spoiled;

la fruta se ha puesto mala the fruit has gone bad o Br gone off

9. [uso enfático]

ni un mal trozo de pan not even a crust of bread;

no había ni un mal supermercado en el pueblo there wasn't a single supermarket to be found in the village

10. [difícil]

el asunto es malo de entender the matter is hard o difficult to understand;

una lesión muy mala de curar an injury that won't heal easily

11. Esp Fam Euf [con la menstruación]

estar/ponerse mala to be on/start one's period

♦ nm,f

el malo, la mala [en cine] the villain, the baddy

♦ interj

cuando nadie se queja, ¡malo! it's a bad sign when nobody complains

♦ malas nfpl

está o [m5] se ha puesto a malas con él she's fallen out with him;

estar de malas to be in a bad mood;

por las malas [a la fuerza] by force;

lo vas a hacer, aunque tenga que ser por las malas you're going to do it, whether you like it or not;

por las malas es de temer she's a fearful sight when she's angry;

Comp

Am

estar o [m5] andar de malas to be having a hard time;

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Andes, CSur

en las malas [de mal humor] in a bad mood;

los amigos no te abandonan en las malas friends don't let you down when things get bad

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malo

I adj

1 bad

2 calidad poor

3 ( enfermo) sick, ill;

ponerse malo get sick, fall ill

4

:

por las buenas o por las malas whether he/she etc likes it or not;

estar de malas be in a bad mood;

por las malas by force;

andar a malas con alguien be on bad terms with s.o.;

lo malo es que unfortunately

II m hum

bad guy, baddy

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malo, -la adj, ( mal before masculine singular nouns)

1) : bad

mala suerte: bad luck

2) : wicked, naughty

3) : cheap, poor (quality)

4) : harmful

malo para la salud: bad for one's health

5) (using the form mal) : unwell

estar mal del corazón: to have heart trouble

6)

estar de malas : to be in a bad mood

malo, -la n

: villain, bad guy (in novels, movies, etc.)

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malo¹ adj

1. (en general) bad [comp. worse; superl. worst]

un cantante malo a bad singer

hace un día malo the weather's bad

2. (travieso) naughty [comp. naughtier; superl. naughtiest]

es un niño muy malo he's a very naughty boy

3. (enfermo) ill [comp. worse; superl. worst]

ayer estuve malo I was ill yesterday

4. (pasado) off

creo que este yogur está malo I think this yoghurt is off

5. (malvado) evil

tiene cara de ser malo he looks evil

estar de malas to be in a bad mood

ser malo en/para algo to be bad at something

mala hierba weed

malo² n villain