Spanish Phrase of the Day
menos malDefinitions
| Spanish > English | |
| menos mal | |
| 1. adv. (idiom) just as well | |
| 2. adv. (idiom) thank God, luckily | |
| 3. interj. phew | |
| Analysis | |
| menos | |
| 1. adv. less | |
| 2. adv. (often with definite article) least | |
| 3. det. less, fewer | |
| 4. det. least, fewest | |
| 5. prep. minus | |
| mal | |
| 1. adj. (before the noun) apocopic form of malo bad; evil | |
| 2. adj. amiss, awry, off, wrong | |
| Me di cuenta de que algo estaba mal. - I realized something was amiss. | |
| 3. adv. badly, poorly, ill | |
| No hables mal de los muertos. - Don't speak ill of the dead. | |
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