menos mal

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Portuguese[edit]

Interjection[edit]

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

Related terms[edit]

menos-mal

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Italian meno male.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˌmenos ˈmal/ [ˌme.noz ˈmal]
Syllabification: me‧nos mal

Adverb[edit]

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

Interjection[edit]

phew

Further reading[edit]

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

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