| Traduções principais |
| badly adv | (unfavourably) | mal adv |
| | I'm sorry things have turned out badly for you. |
| | Que pena que as coisas acabaram tão mal para você. |
| barely adv | (only just) | mal adv |
| | | pouco mais de loc adv |
| | | quase não loc adv |
| | There is barely enough food for everyone at the party. |
| | Mal tem comida suficiente para todo mundo na festa. |
| | ⓘEsta frase não é uma tradução da frase em inglês Tinha pouco mais de dez pessoas na plateia no show daquela banda. |
| | ⓘEsta frase não é uma tradução da frase em inglês Meu dinheiro quase não deu para comprar nem café e pão. |
| hardly adv | (only just) | mal adv |
| | | quase nunca loc adv |
| | (formal) | parcamente adv |
| | The kitten was hardly any bigger than the palm of my hand. |
| | O gatinho mal era maior do que a palma da minha mão. |
| scarcely adv | (barely, almost not) | mal adv |
| | | quase não loc adv |
| | Tim was a brilliant entrepreneur; he was scarcely twenty when he made his first million. |
| | Tim era um empreendedor brilhante; ele mal tinha vinte anos quando ganhou seu primeiro milhão. |
| poorly adv | (badly) | mal adv |
| | I was tired and did poorly on the exam. |
| | Eu estava cansado e fui mal na prova. |
| evil n | (moral badness) | mal sm |
| | Many religious people believe in the concepts of good and evil. |
| | Muitos religiosos acreditam nos conceitos de bem e de mal. |
| mischief n | (annoying actions) (ações chatas) | travessura, dano, mal sf |
| | | malandrice sf |
| | Richard was always up to some mischief when he was a child. |
| | Ricardo sempre fazia travessura quando era criança. |
| mal prefix | (wrong, badly) | mal pref |
| | For example: malicious, malformed |
| bad adj | (harmful) | mal adv |
| | (formal) | prejudicial adj |
| | Smoking is bad for you. |
| | Fumar faz mal. |
| | Fumar é prejudicial. |
| below par adj | informal (unwell) (informal) | pra baixo loc adv |
| | | mal adv |
| | I'm feeling below par today. |
| badly adv | (without skill, poorly) | mal adv |
| | I play the piano very badly. |
| | Eu toco piano muito mal. |
| barely adv | (not quite) | mal adv |
| | I had barely sat down when there was a knock at the door. |
| | Eu mal tinha me sentado quando ouvi uma batida na porta. |
| feel rotten vi + adj | informal (sorry, distressed) | mal adv |
| | | chateado adj |
| | | péssimo adj |
| | Fiona felt rotten about breaking up with Charles, but she just didn't love him anymore. |
| funky adj | US, slang (smell: bad) (cheiro) | mal adj |
| | The pizza smelled a little funky after being in the refrigerator for two weeks. |
| barely adv | (hardly) | mal adv |
| | My sister is barely 15 and already she's taller than me. |
| | Minha irmã mal tem 15 anos e já é maior que eu. |
| ill adv | (with difficulty, barely) | mal adv |
| | After the market crash the business could ill afford bad publicity. |
| | Depois da quebra no mercado, a empresa mal podia se dar ao luxo de má publicidade. |
| ill adv | (not) | mal adv |
| | Karen ill deserves such a promotion. |
| | Karen mal merece tal promoção. |
| lousy adj | figurative, informal (feeling: unwell, sick) | mal adv |
| | I feel lousy; I think I'm coming down with the flu. |
| badly adv | (in naughty way) | mal adv |
| | The children behave badly when they're overtired. |
| | As crianças se comportam mal quando estão cansadas demais. |
| ill adv | (badly) | mal adv |
| | The old man always wore ill fitting clothes. We were ill informed by the insurance company. |
| | O velho sempre vestia roupas que caíam mal. Fomos mal informados pela seguradora. |
| harm n | (damage) | dano sm |
| | | mal sm |
| | | prejuízo sm |
| | The harm done to the environment by strip mining was very serious. |
| | O dano causado ao ambiente pela mineração a céu aberto foi muito sério. |
| badly adv | (in a cruel way) | mal adv |
| | The inmates at the Thai prison were treated badly. |
| | Os detentos na prisão tailandesa foram tratados muito mal. |
| Traduções complementares |
| delicate adj | informal (ill) | mal adv |
| | I had too much to drink last night and I'm feeling a little delicate today. |
| wrong adv | US, informal (unfairly) (formal) | de forma incorreta, de forma injusta loc adv |
| | | mal adv |
| | The court treated him wrong. He is not that bad. |
| | O tribunal o tratou de forma injusta. Ele não é tão ruim. |
| ill adv | literary, dated (badly, unkindly) | mal adv |
| | Why dost thou treat me ill? |
| | Por que me tratas mal? |
| badly adv | informal (bad: with regret) | mal adv |
| | | arrependido adj |
| | Ray felt badly about the accident he had caused. |
southward,
southwards adv | figurative (wrong, badly) | para baixo loc adv |
| | | mal adv |
| | The player missed a shot and the game quickly went southward for him. |
| scarce adv | literary (scarcely) | mal adv |
| | William could scarce believe his eyes when a ghostly figure appeared before him. |
| the bad n | (that which is bad) | mal sm |
| | We must take the bad with the good. |
| | Temos que aceitar o mal e o bem. |
| wrong n | (evil) | errado sm |
| | | mal sm |
| | I know the difference between right and wrong. |
| | Eu sei a diferença entre certo e errado. |
| evil n | (a bad thing) (coisa ruim) | mal sm |
| | He chose the lesser of the two evils. |
| | Ele escolheu o menor dos dois males. |
| ill n | literary (misfortune) (literário) | calamidade sf |
| | | mal sm |
| | He wished every ill upon his enemy. |
| | Ele desejava toda a calamidade para seu inimigo. |
| | Ele desejada todo o mal para seu inimigo. |
| ills npl | figurative (widespread problem) | mal sm |
| | | aflição sf |
| | The young people hope to bring an end to the ills of hunger and poverty. |
| | Os jovens esperam pôr um fim aos males da fome e da pobreza. |
| Formas compostas: |
| bad off adj | US, regional, informal (badly off: poor) (financeiramente) | em má situação loc adv |
| | (gíria) | mal das pernas loc adv |
| | (gíria) | mal de grana loc adv |
| | Jenna does not earn much and is quite bad off. |
| broken adj | (badly spoken) | imperfeito adj |
| | | mal falado loc adv |
| | | mau adj |
| | (BRA) | capenga adj |
| | He spoke in broken English that was hard to understand. |
| disrespectful adj | (person: not polite) | desrespeitoso, mal-educado adj |
| | She was always very quick to deal with disrespectful students. |
| | Ela sempre foi muito ágil a lidar com alunos desrespeitosos. |
| haunted adj | (house) (casa) | mal-assombrado adj |
| | The old hotel was scary and probably haunted. |
| misbehave vi | (behave badly) | comportar-se mal loc v |
| | The girls misbehaved in church and were sent out. |
| miserable adj | (person: feeling sad) | muito mal adj |
| | | muito triste adj |
| | | consternado, desolado adj |
| | | péssimo adj |
| | Erin felt miserable after she lied to her friend. |
| | Erica se sentiu muito mal depois de mentir para o amigo. |
| mistake sth for sth else vtr | (choose wrongly) | escolher mal expres v |
| | I mistook the car for a newer model and paid too much for it. |
| | Eu escolhi mal o carro por um mais novo e paguei caro por ele. |
| mistreat sb/sth vtr | (person, animal: treat badly) | maltratar vt |
| | | tratar mal vt + adv |
| | Neighbours couldn't believe she'd mistreated her children so badly. |
| misunderstand sth/sb vtr | (understand sb wrongly) (BRA) | entender errado expres v |
| | (POR) | perceber mal expres v |
| | Brian misunderstood Lauren when she invited him to lunch, and showed up at breakfast. |
| | Brian entendeu errado quando Lauren o convidou para um almoço e veio para o café da manhã. |
| | O Brian percebeu mal a Lauren quando ela o convidou para almoçar e apareceu ao pequeno-almoço |
| misunderstand vi | (understand wrongly) (BRA) | entender errado expres v |
| | | perceber mal expres v |
| | Whenever John's parents tried to help him he would misunderstand and think that they were trying to make his life harder. |
| | Sempre que os país de João tentavam ajudá-lo, ele entendia errado e achava que eles estavam tentando dificultar a vida dele. |
| | Sempre que os pais do John o tentavam ajudar, ele percebia mal e pensava que estavam a tentar dificultar-lhe a vida. |
| misunderstanding n | (bad communication) (má comunicação) | mal-entendido sm |
| | Rachel had a misunderstanding with her professor and did the wrong project. |
| | Raquel teve um mal-entendido com a professora e fez o projeto errado. |
| My bad! interj | slang (admitting a mistake) | foi mal! interj |
| | Did I step on your foot? Sorry! My bad! |
OK,
O.K.,
okay adj | informal (not a problem, acceptable) | tudo bem loc adj |
| | | não faz mal expres |
| | That's OK. I'll be able to fix the problem tomorrow. |
| | Tudo bem. Poderei resolver o problema amanhã. |
| qualm n | archaic (feeling of nausea) | náusea, tontura sf |
| | | mal-estar sm |
| | (BRA) | enjôo sm |
| | (POR) | enjoo sm |
| | Most passengers on the voyage experienced qualms at first. |
| be sick vi + adj | mainly UK (vomit) | passar mal vt + adv |
| | | vomitar v int |
| | Jane has eaten too many cakes, and now she's being sick in the toilet. |
| | Jane comeu muitos bolos e agora está passando mal no banheiro. |
| spooky adj | (scary: ghosts, etc.) (assustador: fantasmas) | mal-assombrado adj |
| | | pavoroso adj |
| | The old, abandoned house was spooky; John was sure it must be haunted. |
| | A casa velha e abandonada era mal-assombrada, John tinha certeza de que era amaldiçoada. |
strapped for cash,
strapped adj | slang (short of money) | apertado de dinheiro expres |
| | | mal de dinheiro expres |
| | (figurado) | duro adj |
| | I'm a bit strapped for cash right now – can I pay you back next week? |