- male
- ['male]
1. avv1) (in modo insoddisfacente) badly, (in modo errato) badly, wrongly
oggi ho giocato male — I played badly today
male! non avresti dovuto farlo — that was wrong of you - you shouldn't have done it
questa porta chiude male — this door doesn't shut properly
scrivere/comportarsi male — to write/behave badly
pronunciare male una parola — to pronounce a word wrongly
rispondere male — (in modo errato) to answer wrongly o incorrectly, (in modo sgarbato) to answer back
riuscire male — to turn out badly
qui si mangia molto male — the food is very bad here
pensi che abbia fatto male ad andare? — do you think it was wrong of him to go?
parlar male di qn — to speak ill of sb, say bad things about sb
mi ha parlato male di te — he said bad things about you
trattar male qn — to ill-treat sb
2)sentirsi/star male — (di salute) to feel/be ill
mi sono sentita male — I felt ill
3)(fraseologia)
gli è andata male di nuovo — he failed againper male che vada — however badly things go
capire male — to misunderstand
hai capito male — you've misunderstood
le cose si stanno mettendo male — things are taking a turn for the worse
ha preso molto male la cosa — he took it very badly
restare o rimanere male — (deluso) to be disappointed, (dispiaciuto) to be sorry, (offeso) to be hurt o offended
sta male comportarsi così — that's no way to behave
quell'abito le sta proprio male — that dress just doesn't suit her, that dress looks terrible on her
il giallo sta male con il rosa — yellow looks awful with pink
la vedo male — things look bad (to me), it doesn't look good to me
bene o male ce la farò — one way or the other I'll manage
niente male quel ragazzo — that boy's not bad, that boy's a bit of alright fam
di male in peggio — from bad to worse
non faresti male a dirglielo — it wouldn't be a bad idea to tell him
2. sm1) (ciò che è ingiusto, disonesto) evilil male — evil
il bene e il male — good and evil
un male necessario — a necessary evil
le forze del male — the forces of evil
il minore dei due mali — the lesser of two evils
mali sociali — social evils
2) (danno) harmfare del male a qn — to harm o hurt sb
le sigarette fanno male — cigarettes are bad for you
che c'è di male? — what's the harm in that?
che c'è di male se esco con lui? — what harm is there in my going out with him?
non ho fatto niente di male — I haven't done anything wrong
non sarebbe (un) male se gliene parlassi — it wouldn't do any harm to talk to him about it
non farebbe (del) male a una mosca — he wouldn't hurt a fly
non gli voglio male — I don't bear him ill-will
3) (dolore) pain, ache, (malattia) illness, diseasefar male — to hurt
mi fa male una gamba — my leg hurts, I've got a pain in my leg
mi fa male — it hurts
farsi male — to hurt o.s.
fare (del) male a qn — to hurt o harm sb
ahi! mi hai fatto male! — ouch! you've hurt me!
far male alla salute — to be bad for one's health
fumare fa male — smoking is bad for you
avere un brutto male — (euf : cancro) to have cancer
i mali della vecchiaia — the infirmities of old age
Nuovo dizionario Italiano-Inglese. 2014.
