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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