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evil(

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

1. (wicked)

a. malvado

The character of the mother, in the end, wasn’t so evil.El personaje de la madre, al fin y al cabo, no era tan malvado.

b. malo

Everyone agrees that Hitler was an evil man.Todo el mundo está de acuerdo en que Hitler era un hombre malo.

c. maligno

They say an evil spirit haunts the old castle.Dicen que un espíritu maligno ronda el antiguo castillo.

d. maléfico

He thought the mother had an evil influence on her son.Creía que la madre ejercía una influencia maléfica sobre su hijo.

2. (very unpleasant)

a. horrible

An evil smell came out of the sewers.Un olor horrible salía de las alcantarillas.

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

3. (wickedness)

a. el mal

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Dumbledore fought evil with non-violence.Dumbledore luchaba contra el mal con la no-violencia.

4. (very bad thing)

a. el mal

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Corruption is one of the major evils of our society.La corrupción es uno de los mayores males de nuestra sociedad.

evil

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

a. el mal

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

to speak evil of somebodyhablar mal de alguien

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).

adjective

2. (person)

a. malo(a), malvado(a)

3. (action, practice)

a. vil, perverso(a)

4. (influence, effect)

a. nocivo(a), perjudicial

5. (spirit)

a. maligno(a)

the evil eyeel mal de ojo

evil [ˈiːvl]

adjective

1 (wicked) [+person, deed, thought] malvado; [+reputation] de malvado; [+spirit] maligno; maléfico; [+influence] maléfico; funesto; [+place, plan] diabólico; [+hour, times] funesto; [+effect] nocivo

to put the evil eye on sbgive sb the evil eye echar el mal de ojo a algn

an evil spell un maleficio

evil tongues may say that ... las malas lenguas dirán que ...

he had his evil way with her se aprovechó de ella; se la llevó al huerto (humorous)

the evil weed (tobacco) el vicio (humorous)

2 (nasty) [+smell, taste] horrible

to put off the evil day posponer el día funesto

to have an evil temper tener un genio endiablado

noun

1 (wickedness) mal (m)

the conflict between good and evil el conflicto entre el bien y el mal; there wasn't a trace of evil in her no había ni un rastro del maldad en ella

the forces of evil las fuerzas del mal

to speak evil of sb hablar mal de algn

to [wish] sb evil

2 (harmful thing) mal (m)

the lesser of two evils el menor de dos males

the evils of [drink]

a necessary evil un mal necesario

social evils males (m) sociales

Taxation is a necessary evil in my view... see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil she could sense the presence of evil in the place He felt pain as he contemplated the evil in the universe

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

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good and evil	el bien y el mal
do not be overcome by evil	no dejes que el mal te venza
evil queen	la reina malvada
you're evil	eres malo
evil talk	habladurías malvadas
evil man	el malvado
evil woman	la malvada
evil spirit	el espíritu maligno
evil eye	el mal de ojo