amiss

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amiss
[əˈmɪs]
adjetivo
también:
  • there's something amiss -> algo va mal
adverbio
también:
  • to take something amiss -> tomarse algo a mal
  • a cup of coffee wouldn't go amiss -> no vendría mal un café

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amiss [a-mis]
adverbio
1Culpablemente, erradamente, mal impropiamente, fuera del caso.
  • It would not be amiss if you went there -> no sería malo que usted fuese allá
  • It would not be amiss to do it -> no estaría de más el hacerlo
  • Do not take it amiss -> no lo lleve usted a mal
  • Nothing comes amiss to a hungry stomach -> a buen hambre no hay pan duro
adjetivo
1Vicioso, impuro, criminal; impropio; decaído de salud.

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amiss [əˈmɪs]
adjective
there's something amiss pasa algo; something is amiss in your calculations algo falla en tus cálculos; have I said something amiss? ¿he dicho algo inoportuno?; there was nothing amiss that I could see por lo que vi, todo estaba bien
adverb
don't take it amiss, will you? no lo tomes a mal; no te vayas a ofender; a lick of paint wouldn't go come amissor una mano de pintura no vendría mal; a little politeness wouldn't go come amissor un poco de educación no estaría de más; no vendría mal un poco de educación
a cup of coffee wouldn't come amiss but he took it very amiss

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