mala

/ˈmala/, [ˈma.la]

bad, suitcase

Examples

Él no se avergüenza de su mala conducta.

He is not ashamed of his misconduct.

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La felicidad es una buena salud y una mala memoria.

Happiness is good health and a poor memory.

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No podemos diferenciar a una persona buena de una mala sólo por su apariencia.

We cannot tell a good person from a bad one by looks alone.

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Debido a la inundación, fue una mala cosecha de arroz.

Because of the flood, it was a bad rice-harvest.

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Con fama viene la mala fortuna.

With fame comes misfortune.

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Una persona que ama las flores no puede ser mala.

A person who likes flowers can't be evil.

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Fue una película mala.

It was a bad movie.

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Deberíamos permitírselo por su mala salud.

We must allow for his poor health.

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Soy una mala persona.

I am a bad person.

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Toda mala poesía brota de genuino sentimiento.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

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Si uno toca buena música, la gente no escucha y si uno toca mala música la gente no habla.

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.

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La traducción de esta frase es una mala traducción.

The translation of this sentence is a bad translation.

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¿No crees que es una cosa mala?

Don't you think it a bad thing?

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Las líneas aéreas de bajo coste tienen mala reputación.

No-frills airlines have a bad reputation.

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¡Qué mala noticia!

What a bad news!

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Con o sin religión, la gente buena puede comportarse bien y la gente mala puede hacer el mal; Para que la gente buena comience a hacer el mal, necesitamos la religión.

With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion.

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Tom era una mala persona.

Tom was a bad person.

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Muchos problemas de espalda pueden ser causados por una mala postura al estar sentado.

A lot of back problems can be attributed to poor sitting posture.

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Tom es una mala influencia.

Tom is a bad influence.

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Tom tiene mala reputación.

Tom has a bad reputation.

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