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menos mal
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Contents
1
Portuguese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Interjection
1.2.1
Related terms
2
Spanish
2.1
Etymology
2.2
Pronunciation
2.3
Adverb
2.4
Interjection
2.5
Further reading
Portuguese
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Pronunciation
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(
Brazil
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈmẽ.nuz ˈmaw/
[ˈmẽ.nuz ˈmaʊ̯]
(
Brazil
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈmẽ.nuz ˈmaw/
[ˈmẽ.nuz ˈmaʊ̯]
(
Rio de Janeiro
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈmẽ.nuʒ ˈmaw/
[ˈmẽ.nuʒ ˈmaʊ̯]
(
Southern Brazil
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈme.noz ˈmaw/
[ˈme.noz ˈmaʊ̯]
(
Portugal
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈme.nuʒ ˈmal/
[ˈme.nuʒ ˈmaɫ]
(
Portugal
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈme.nuʒ ˈmal/
[ˈme.nuʒ ˈmaɫ]
(
Southern Portugal
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈme.nuʒ ˈma.li/
Interjection
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menos
mal
could be worse
Synonyms:
poderia
ser
pior
,
podia
ser
pior
Related terms
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menos-mal
Spanish
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Etymology
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Italian
meno male
.
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˌmenos ˈmal/
[ˌme.noz ˈmal]
Syllabification:
me‧nos mal
Adverb
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menos
mal
(
idiomatic
)
just as well
(
idiomatic
)
thank God
,
luckily
Interjection
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menos
mal
phew
Further reading
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“
menos mal
”, in
Diccionario de la lengua española
, Vigésima tercera edición
, Real Academia Española,
2014