malo

A. adj (-la)

• 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 Definition of bad in the British & World English dictionary Definition of bad in the US English dictionary Translate bad | into French | into German | into Italian 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) Definition of poor in the British & World English dictionary Definition of poor in the US English dictionary Translate poor | into French | into German | into Italian

• 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 Definition of nasty in the British & World English dictionary Definition of nasty in the US English dictionary Translate nasty | into French | into German | into Italian

• 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) Definition of sick in the British & World English dictionary Definition of sick in the US English dictionary Translate sick | into French | into German | into Italian

B. m,f

• (leng infantil o hum) baddy (colloq) Definition of baddy in the British & World English dictionary Definition of baddy in the US English dictionary Translate baddy | into Italian