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male

badly

adverb MAH-leh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'male', badly

Also means

pain

Usage Note

Male is the adverb 'badly', the opposite of bene. As a noun it means harm, evil, or a physical pain, giving the very common fare male ('to hurt') and mi fa male la testa ('my head hurts'). The reply non c'è male means 'not bad'.

Examples

"Ho dormito male stanotte."

Natural Translation

I slept badly last night.

Literal Translation

I-have slept badly last-night.

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