El mal ajeno? What does this mean?
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El mal ajeno! What does this mean in Spanish?
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updated Oct 8, 2011
posted by Tommynunez
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It means "other people's throes", "other's suffering", "someone else's troubles"....those things.
Hope it helps
updated Oct 8, 2011
posted by geouk
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El mal ajeno?
Would you be asking about the movie? Taken out of context phrases like this don't make much sense, but in the context of the movie it does make sense. As geouk has pointed out, It means "other people's throes", "other's suffering", literally it could be other's suffering/evil/bad, so much would depend on context.
ajeno means pertaining to another person, thing or, not related to, strange and can be used in a million ways, it seems.
updated Oct 8, 2011
posted by Jack-OBrien
Good point, Jack, I didn't translate "ajeno" as it doesn't have a literal transtation into English, your definition is right - geouk, Oct 8, 2011
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El mal ajeno?
updated Oct 8, 2011
posted by Tommynunez
