menos mal
Portuguese, interjection/ˈmẽ.nuz ˈmaw/
menos mal is spelled M-E-N-O-S-M-A-L (8 letters). Menos mal is a Portuguese interjection meaning “could be worse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does menos mal mean in English?
interjection
- 1
could be worse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce menos mal?
- Brazil /ˈmẽ.nuz ˈmaw/
- Brazil [ˈmẽ.nuz ˈmaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.