bad in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for bad in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Am bæd, Brit bad] ADJ The usual translation of bad, malo, becomes mal when it is used before a masculine singular noun.

2.2. bad (unsatisfactory):

bad
(it's) too bad we don't have a car inf
I was here firsttoo bad! inf

II.bad [Am bæd, Brit bad] N

III.bad [Am bæd, Brit bad] ADV esp Am inf

bad-mannered [Am ˌbædˈmænərd, Brit ˌbadˈmanəd] ADJ

bad-mouth [Am ˈbædˌmaʊθ, Brit] VB trans Am sl

bad-tempered [Am ˌbædˈtɛmpərd, Brit ˌbadˈtɛmpəd] ADJ

I.bid2 <pres part bidding, pt bade or bid, pp bidden or bid> [Am bɪd, Brit bɪd] VB trans liter

II.bid2 <pres part bidding, pt bade or bid, pp bidden or bid> [Am bɪd, Brit bɪd] VB intr liter

bad in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bad in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

I.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] ADJ

II.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] ADV inf

III.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] N no pl

bid1 <[or bidden]> [bɪd] VB trans bid <[or bade], bid> form

I.bid2 [bɪd] bid, bid bid, bid N

II.bid2 [bɪd] bid, bid bid, bid VB intr

III.bid2 [bɪd] bid, bid bid, bid VB trans

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Translations for bad in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

bad Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to come to a bad [or sticky] end
to have a bad time of it
to be in a good/bad mood
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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We were disgusted in twenty pages, as, independent of a bad translation, it has indelicacies which disgrace a pen hitherto so pure.
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Though she can be antagonistic, she has proven not all bad, albeit begrudgingly.
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A woman was divorced and sent back to her family not only for bad health or barrenness but disobedience, jealousy, and even talkativeness.
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We seem trapped by an idea that supporting an elite institution is a suspicious, bad thing.
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Other issues she has written/spoken of are unruly children, the behaviour of which she attributes to bad parenting, inconsiderate cellphone users, and copyright violators.
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In such (copyright) cases, prevailing defendants seeking recompense were bound to show that the original suit was frivolous or made in bad faith.
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She has bad news: despite the class being especially aimed at socializing disruptive students, they still have to follow the school board's missive that they teach to the upcoming test.
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Eliciting sympathy by telling exaggerated stories about bad deeds of other people (e.g. during gossip).
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There's a fairly bland cast of locals, including the archetypal good cop, bad cop.
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His more sustained work sometimes displays a bad selection of measure; and his occasional poetryepistles, eclogues, elegies, etc. --is injured by its vast volume.
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