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magnífico
SPANISH-ENGLISH
mando
- magnífico magnificent, excellent, grand.
- mago wizard.
- maguey [m] maguey (plant).
- maíz [m] corn, maize.
- majadero silly, foolish. ▲ [n] blockhead.
- majestad [f] majesty.
- majestuoso [adj] grand, majestic.
- mal (see malo) bad Hemos pasado un mal rato. We have had a bad time. ▲ [m] illness Su mal era incurable. His illness was incurable. ▲ harm Gozaba haciendo el mal. He enjoyed doing harm. ▲ [adv] badly Todo va muy mal. Everything is going very badly.
○ de mal en peor from bad to worse Vamos de mal en peor. We are going from bad to worse. ○ estar mal de to be badly off (or in a bad way) as regards Estoy mal de dinero. I'm badly in need of money. ○ mal hecho poorly done Ese trabajo está mal hecho. That work is poorly done. ▲ wrong.
|| No hay mal que por bien no venga. It's an ill wind that blows nobody good. || Quien canta su mal espanta. He who sings drives away his grief. - malcriado ill-bred, spoiled.
- maldad [f] wickedness, evil deed; harm.
- maldecir [irr] to damn, to curse.
- maldición [f] curse.
- maldito [adj] cursed, damned.
- malestar [m] indisposition; discontent, dissatisfaction.
- maleta suitcase. ▲ bundle [Am] Haga una maleta con esta ropa. Make a bundle of these clothes.
○ hacer la maleta to pack the suitcase; to get ready to leave. - maletero porter (carrier).
- maletín [m] overnight bag, small case.
- maleza weeds.
- malicia malice Lo hizo sin malicia. He did it without malice.
○ tener malicia to be malicious Aquellas palabras parecían tener malicia. Those seemed to be malicious words. - malicioso malicious; risque.
- maligno malignant.
- malo bad, unpleasant El tiempo está muy malo. The weather is very bad. ▲ difficult, hard, bad ¡Qué rato tan malo hemos pasado! What a bad time we've had! ▲ naughty Este niño es demasiado malo. This child's very naughty. ▲ ill Tan malo se puso que murió a las dos horas. He became so ill that he died two hours later.
○ por las malas o por las buenas whether you like it or not Lo harás por las malas o por las buenas. You will do it whether you like it or not.
|| Ese es un tipo muy malo. He's a bad egg. - malograr to waste, to miss, fail to take advantage of (as time, opportunity, etc) Malograron la ocasión. They failed to take advantage of the opportunity.
○ malograrse to fail La empresa se malogró. The business failed. - malsano unhealthy, unhealthful, unsanitary, unwholesome.
- maltratar to mistreat, to abuse.
- malvado wicked. ▲ [n] wicked person, villain.
- mamá [f] mamma, mom.
- mameluco overalls [Am].
- manantial [m] spring, source of stream.
- manar to flow out, spring De la roca manaba tina fuente. ▲ spring flowed out of the rock.
- mancha spot, stain Le cayó una mancha en el traje. She got a spot on her dress. ▲ patch (of ground or vegetation) Sólo había algunas manchas de vegetación cerca del río. There were only a few patches of vegetation near the river.
- manchado (see manchar) spotted, mottled Un perro manchado. ▲ spotted dog.
- manchar to stain, soil.
- manco one-armed.
- mandadero messenger; errand boy.
- mandado See mandar. ▲ [m] errand; message.
- mandamiento order, command; commandment.
- mandar to order, direct Mandó salir a la criada. He ordered the maid to leave. ▲ to send Al llegar mandaron el equipaje al hotel. When they arrived they sent their luggage to the hotel. ▲ to send, transmit Mande Ud. recuerdos a nuestro amigo. Send my regards to our friend.
○ mandar a paseo to tell someone to go fly a kite. - mandato order, mandate, command.
- mando order El general dio el mando de retirarse. The general gave the order to retreat. ▲ leadership, sternness Era hombre de mucho mando. He was a man of great leadership. ▲ control Los mandos del avión no funcionaban. The controls of the plane were out of order.
○ (alto) mando high command El mando decidió atacar de madrugado. The high command decided to attack at dawn. ○ estar al mando to be in com-
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