bar de mala muerte

lousy bar

dive

el bar de mala muerte(

bahr

)

A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).

masculine noun

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

(general)

a. lousy bar

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

No encontramos ningún restaurante, así que acabamos comiéndonos un bocadillo en un bar de mala muerte.We didn't find a restaurant, so we ended up eating a sandwich in a lousy bar.

b. shitty bar

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.

(vulgar)

¡Qué bar de mala muerte! Tan pequeño y descuidado.What a shitty bar! So small and neglected.

c. crappy bar

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

¿Por qué tenemos que venir siempre a este bar de mala muerte? No entiendo por qué te gusta tanto.Why do we always have to come to this crappy bar? I don't understand why you like it so much.

d. seedy bar

Reconozco que es un bar de mala muerte, pero tiene su encanto.I admit it's a seedy bar, but it's got its charm.

e. dive

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

La última vez que la vieron estaba trabajando como camarera en un bar de mala muerte.The last time they saw her, she was working as a waitress in some dive.

f. dive bar

A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).

(colloquial)

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

En este barrio hay muchos bares de mala muerte en los que yo nunca entraría.There's a lot of dive bars in this neighborhood that I'd never go into.

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