mal o malo?
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Please help me understand the difference between mal and malo. I want to translate this sentense below. I did it pretty bad. --> Lo hice bastante (malo/mal). Which one is correct?
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updated May 23, 2011
posted by Eri-Chan
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Lo hice bastante mal (I did it in a bad way)
Lo hice bastante malo (I made it a bad thing/person)
updated May 26, 2011
posted by lazarus1907
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I did it pretty bad
That's not proper English grammar.
It should be, "I did it pretty badly" since you need an adverb here.
"Bad" is an adjective.
Once you get English usage clear, the Spanish is much easier. 
updated May 23, 2011
posted by pesta
Couldn't have said it better myself! ;) - Tosh, May 23, 2011
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I think that mal is more "poor" or "poorly" and that malo/a is "bad".
So, proper English would be to say that you did something "poorly"... not "bad".
Therefore, I believe it would be...
Lo hice bastante mal. -or- I did it quite poorly.
updated May 23, 2011
edited by Tosh
posted by Tosh
Gracias todos!! - Eri-Chan, May 23, 2011
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question already answered
updated May 23, 2011
edited by 0066c384
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