passar mal
Portuguese, verb/paˈsa(ʁ) ˈmaw/
passar mal is spelled P-A-S-S-A-R-M-A-L (9 letters). Passar mal is a Portuguese verb meaning “to feel sick, to get sick, to feel unwell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does passar mal mean in English?
verb
- 1
to feel sick, to get sick, to feel unwell
Ela comeu algo estragado e passou mal.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. padecer de algum mal físico ou psíquico 2. apanhar, sofrer agressão
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.
Forms of passar mal
- passo mal first-person present singular
- passei mal first-person preterite singular
- passado mal participle past
- passares mal infinitive second-person singular
- passarmos mal first-person infinitive plural
- passardes mal infinitive plural second-person
- passarem mal infinitive plural third-person
- passando mal gerund
- passados mal masculine participle past
- passada mal feminine participle past
- passadas mal feminine participle past
- passas mal indicative present second-person
- passa mal indicative present singular
- passamos mal first-person indicative plural
- passais mal indicative plural present
- passam mal indicative plural present
- passava mal first-person imperfect indicative
- passavas mal imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce passar mal?
- Brazil /paˈsa(ʁ) ˈmaw/
- Brazil [paˈsa(h) ˈmaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.