mal

Spanish

[mäl]

adjective form
Definitions
  • (before the noun) bad; evil
  • amiss, awry, off, wrong

Etymology

Inherited from Latin malus (bad, evil, wicked) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (soft, deceive, tender, weak, wrong, bad, strong, limb, dirty, dark, red, cause chaos, big, hesitate, better, be late).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mel-

Gloss

soft, deceive, tender, weak, wrong, bad, strong, limb, dirty, dark, red, cause chaos, big, hesitate, better, be late

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

暗, 闇, 冥

Emoji
🍦 🔈️

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