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What's the most common way to say, "mean"?

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What's the most common way to say, "mean"? For example: He is a mean person. Or he's not being nice. He's being mean.

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updated Apr 6, 2011
posted by liddiamorris
Welcome to the forum, :) - 00494d19, Apr 6, 2011

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He is a mean person: es mala persona.

He is always very mean: es muy desagradable siempre.

I think we don't really have a word that is exactly the samewink

updated Apr 6, 2011
posted by 00494d19
Malintencionado? - 00e657d4, Apr 6, 2011
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tacaño - does that not work? of course in a different context.

asqueroso maybe (nasty)

rencoroso - spiteful

desagradable - unpleasant

updated Apr 6, 2011
edited by ian-hill
posted by ian-hill
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Antipático/a

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updated Apr 6, 2011
posted by Kiwi-Girl