menos mal

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.nuz ˈmaw/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmẽ.nuʒ ˈmaw/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈme.noz ˈmaw/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.nuʒ ˈmal/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈme.nuʒ ˈma.li/

Interjection

could be worse
Synonyms: poderia ser pior, podia ser pior

Related terms

menos-mal

Spanish

Etymology

Compare Italian meno male.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmenos ˈmal/
Syllabification: me‧nos mal

Adverb

(idiomatic) just as well
(idiomatic) thank God, luckily

Interjection

phew

Further reading

“menos mal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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