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mal

"mal" means "badly, poorly, ill" in Spanish. It is number 219 on the frequency list, in A1 (adv).

Meaning

badly, poorly, ill; awry, amiss, wrong, wrongly; hard

IPA

/ˈmal/

Forms in this course

peor

Level

A1

Practice this word

Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• Está mal.
  It's wrong.
  Tatoeba: alexmarcelo / Spamster
• ¡Menos mal!
  Thank God.
  Tatoeba: Shishir / saeb
• ¡Nada mal!
  Not bad!
  Tatoeba: cueyayotl / tvindy

Learned together

In the course, "mal" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• seguro surely
• nuevo new
• allí there
• menos less
• grande big, large
• luego then
• hoy today
• conmigo with me
• realmente really, actually, genuinely

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