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de mal

Portuguese, adjective/d͡ʒi ˈmaw/

de mal is a Portuguese adjective meaning “not on speaking terms or unhappy with something or someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does de mal mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    not on speaking terms or unhappy with something or someone

    Briguei feio com a Matilda e agora estamos de mal.

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. que não está a se relacionar e que evita interagir por ter-se desarmonizado

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce de mal?

  • Brazil /d͡ʒi ˈmaw/
  • Brazil [d͡ʒi ˈmaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /dɨ ˈmal/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.