malamente

malamente
adv.
badly, wickedly, wrongly.
Estar malamente de dinero to be badly off for money
Haces las cosas mal siempre! You always do things badly!
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ADV
1) * (=mal) badly

el asunto acabó malamente — the affair ended badly

estar malamente de dinero — to be badly off for money

2) (=difícilmente)

malamente podrán vencer — they have little chance of winning

en el sofá malamente caben dos personas — the sofa is only just big enough for two people

tenemos gasolina malamente para ... — we barely o hardly have enough petrol to ...

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adverbio (apenas) hardly, only just; (mal) badly
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= poorly, badly, execrably, dismally.
Ex. A poorly structured scheme requires the exercise of a good deal of initiative on the part of the indexer in order to overcome or avoid the poor structure.
Ex. School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
Ex. Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.
Ex. The results suggest that works of fiction were generally well represented but that classics in the other fields were dismally underrepresented.
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adverbio (apenas) hardly, only just; (mal) badly
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= poorly, badly, execrably, dismally.

Ex: A poorly structured scheme requires the exercise of a good deal of initiative on the part of the indexer in order to overcome or avoid the poor structure.

Ex: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets.
Ex: Their work has been chronicled by Boyd Rayward in a readable (but execrably printed) work.
Ex: The results suggest that works of fiction were generally well represented but that classics in the other fields were dismally underrepresented.

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malamente
adverb
el sueldo le llega malamente hasta fin de mes his salary hardly o barely o only just lasts him to the end of the month
se ha adaptado malamente a la situación she hasn't adapted well to the situation
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malamente adv
Fam
1. [muy mal] badly;
todo acabó malamente it all ended badly
2. [difícilmente] hardly;
malamente te pudo llamar sin saber tu número she could hardly have called o Br rung you if she didn't have your number

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  • bene — 1bè·ne avv., inter. FO 1a. avv., in modo corretto, opportuno, soddisfacente rispetto a un criterio di valutazione di volta in volta morale, pratico, tecnico, ecc.: comportarsi, parlare, lavorare bene, fare bene qcs., funzionare bene, digerire… …   Dizionario italiano

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