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mal

bad; ill

adjective MAHL Common
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Also means

harm; evil

Usage Note

Mal is the apocopated form of malo used before masculine singular nouns: un mal día ('a bad day'). As an adverb it means 'badly': habla mal el inglés ('he speaks English badly'). As a noun el mal means 'evil' or 'harm'. Do not confuse the adverb mal with the adjective malo/a — only mal can precede a masculine noun directly and only malo/a can follow one (un día malo).

Examples

"Hoy me siento mal."

Natural Translation

I feel ill today.

Literal Translation

Today myself feel bad

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