mala

/ˈmala/, [ˈma.la]

bad, suitcase

Examples

María es una niña mala.

Mary is a bad girl.

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Mi madre me dijo que la única cosa que él me podría dar sería una mala reputación.

My mother told me that the only thing he could give me was a bad reputation.

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Tom no es una mala persona.

Tom isn't a bad person.

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Una consciencia limpia es una señal clara de una mala memoria.

A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.

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No es mala persona.

He's not a bad person.

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Mi abuela tiene mala audición. En otras palabras ella es levemente sorda.

My grandmother is hard of hearing. In other words she is slightly deaf.

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La traducción de esta frase es una traducción mala.

The translation of this sentence is a bad translation.

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Ese niño es mala hierba.

That boy is a bad influence.

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Todo tiene su parte buena y su parte mala.

There are both merits and demerits in anything.

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No puedo aguantar su mala educación.

I can't stand his impoliteness.

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Su nuevo marido resultó ser una mala persona.

Her new husband turned out to be a bad person.

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Es una mala inversión.

It's a bad investment.

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Tom ha tenido una mala semana.

Tom has had a bad week.

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No soy una mala persona.

I'm not a bad person.

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Esta fue una mala semana. Mi tren llegó con retraso dos veces seguidas.

This was a bad week. My train was late two days in a row.

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¿Cuál quieres primero, la buena noticia o la mala?

Which do you want first, the good news or the bad news?

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El numero 4 trae mala suerte en Japón.

Four is an unlucky number in Japan.

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Él suele achacar sus fracasos a la mala suerte.

He often attributes his failures to bad luck.

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Para ser justos, él no es una mala persona.

To do him justice, he is not a bad man.

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Él es una mala influencia.

He's a bad influence.

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