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WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
baddy,
baddie n | informal (villain) | vilão, mau sm |
| | I don't know this actor's name, but he always plays a baddy. |
| evil adj | (morally bad) | mau, ruim adj |
| | Most people agree that Hitler was evil. |
| | Muitos concordam que Hitler era mau. |
| bad adj | (evil, wicked) | mau adj |
| | | vilão sm |
| | I like to think there are more good people than bad people in the world. |
| | Gosto de pensar que há mais pessoas boas do que pessoas más no mundo. |
| ill adj | (evil, inauspicious) | mau adj |
| | | ruim adj |
| | The weird hail storm in the middle of summer was interpreted as an ill omen by the superstitious townspeople. |
| | A estranha tempestade de granizo no meio do verão foi interpretada como um mau presságio pelas pessoas supersticiosas da cidade. |
| rotten adj | (person: unpleasant) | mau adj |
| | | ruim adj |
| | Stop being rotten! Share your sweets with your little brother. |
| | Pare de ser mau! Divida seus doces com seu irmãozinho. |
lousy at sth,
lousy with sth adj + prep | figurative, informal (incompetent) (BRA) | ruim de, ruim em adj + prep |
| | (POR) | mau adj |
| | Brad was lousy at driving and tried to avoid doing it. |
| | Brad era ruim em dirigir e tentava evitar fazê-lo. |
| | O Brad era mau condutor e evitava fazê-lo. |
| bad adj | (unfavorable) | ruim, mau adj |
| | (formal) | desfavorável adj |
| | The critic wrote a bad review of the performance. |
| | O crítico escreveu uma crítica ruim sobre a performance. |
| broken adj | (badly spoken) | imperfeito adj |
| | | mal falado loc adv |
| | | mau adj |
| | (BRA) | capenga adj |
| | He spoke in broken English that was hard to understand. |
| foul adj | (weather: unpleasant) (tempo, BRA) | ruim adj |
| | (tempo) | mau adj |
| | I'd rather stay indoors than drive anywhere in this foul weather. |
| | eu preferiria esperar lá dentro em vez de dirigir para qualquer lugar com esse tempo ruim. |
| bad adj | (upsetting) | mau adj |
| | I'm afraid I have some bad news for you. |
| | Infelizmente tenho uma má notícia para você. |
| foul adj | (mood, temper: bad) | mau adj |
| | Morris is in a foul mood; what did you say to upset him? |
| mean adj | informal (malicious, unkind) | malvado, mau adj |
| | | cruel adj |
| | That was a mean thing you did. |
| | Isso que você fez foi malvado. |
| bad adj | (unskilled) (inábil) | ruim adj |
| | (inábil) | mau adj |
| | He was a bad workman, and whatever he mended soon broke again. |
| | Ele era um mau trabalhador e tudo que ele consertava logo quebrava de novo. |
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WordReference English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2026:
| attitude n | informal (bad attitude) | má atitude sf |
| | | mau comportamento sm |
| | His attitude is always getting him in trouble. |
| | A má atitude está sempre o colocando em problemas. |
| bad breath n | (halitosis) | mau hálito loc |
| | The dentist will find the cause of your bad breath. |
| | O dentista vai encontrar a explicação para o seu mau hálito. |
| bad taste n | (lack of discernment) | mau gosto loc |
| | I've always had bad taste in clothing. |
| | Eu sempre tive um mau gosto para roupas. |
| bad taste n | (inappropriateness) | mau gosto loc |
| | I thought the joke was in bad taste. |
| | Eu achei que a piada foi de mau gosto. |
| bad temper n | (grumpy nature) | mau gênio, temperamento ruim loc |
| | I have a bad temper, but I am learning to control it. |
| | Eu tenho um mau gênio (or: temperamento ruim), mas estou aprendendo a controlá-lo. |
| bad temper n | dated (grumpy mood) (temporário) | mau humor loc |
| | My husband is in a bad temper today. |
| | Meu marido está de mau humor hoje. |
| bad time n | (inopportune moment) | má hora sf |
| | | mau momento sm |
| | You have come at a bad time. Our department has just had its budget cut, so it's a bad time to ask the boss for a pay rise. |
| | Vocês vieram em uma má hora. Nosso departamento acabou de ter seu orçamento cortado, então é uma má hora para pedir ao chefe um aumento de salário. |
| beefcake n | slang, figurative (handsome and muscular man) (gir., homem atraente e musculoso) | colírio sm |
| | (gíria) | pedaço de mau caminho loc sm |
| | (gíria) | homem sarado loc sm |
| cheesy adj | informal (kitsch) (BRA) | brega, cafona adj |
| | | de mau gosto expres |
| | (POR) | piroso adj |
| | All the tourist shops sell cheesy souvenirs. |
| | Todas as lojas para turistas vendem souvenirs bregas. |
| | Todas as lojas para turistas vendem souvenirs de mau gosto. |
| corny adj | (silly, trite) (BRA) | brega adj |
| | | de mau gosto loc adj |
| | | velho, banal adj |
| | (POR) | foleiro adj |
| | My uncle's jokes are corny, but we laugh anyway. |
| | As piadas do meu tio são bregas, mas nós rimos de qualquer forma. |
| disrepair n | (state of neglect) (estado de negligência) | mau estado loc sm |
| | | abandono sm |
| | The old theater, once majestic and grand, had fallen into disrepair. |
| grump n | informal (bad mood) | irritação sf |
| | | mau humor loc sm |
| | For some reason, I've been in a grump all day. |
| halitosis n | (bad breath) | halitose sf |
| | | mau hálito loc sm |
| | Telling someone about their halitosis is a difficult thing to do. |
| huffy adj | informal (person: annoyed, offended) | irritado, ressentido adj |
| | | de mau humor loc adj |
| | Rita got huffy at the suggestion she might have cheated on her test. |
| in a bad mood expr | (grumpy) | de mau humor expres |
| | Josh will be in a bad mood when he finds out you've eaten his chocolate. |
| in a bad way adj | informal (unwell, in a poor state) (informal: mal, doente, machucado) | em mau estado |
| | | em má situação, em má forma |
| | Paul was in a bad way after his motorbike accident. |
| inauspicious adj | (not promising, unlucky) | desfavorável, infausto, nefasto adj |
| | | de mau agouro loc adj |
| | | agourento adj |
| | Cathy walked into the bank at an inauspicious moment, just as the thieves arrived. |
misbehavior (US),
misbehaviour (UK) n | (child: naughtiness, disobedience) | mau comportamento loc sm |
| | | desobediência, travessura, má-criação sf |
| | The loud children exhibited misbehavior during mass. |
misbehavior (US),
misbehaviour (UK) n | (adult: immoral acts) | mau comportamento loc sm |
| | | má conduta loc sf |
| | | atos imorais loc sm pl |
| | Teenage boys should be educated about misbehavior toward girls. |
| mistreatment n | (bad treatment) | mau trato loc sm |
| | The mistreatment of employees will not be tolerated in this company. |
| misuse n | (wrong use of sth) | mau uso loc sm |
| | | emprego incorreto loc sm |
| | The English teacher was easily upset by the misuse of words. The court imprisoned the businessman for his misuse of the employee pension fund. |
| | A professora de inglês se irritava facilmente com o mau uso das palavras. A corte aprisionou o executivo pelo mau uso do fundo de pensões dos empregados. |
| performance n | (child's bad behavior) | desobediência sf |
| | | mau comportamento sm |
| | The boy put up such a performance that we finally just went home. |
| | O garoto demonstrou tamanha desobediência que finalmente fomos para casa. |
put a brave face on it,
put a brave face on,
put on a brave face v expr | informal (endure sth) (aparência) | fazer cara de mau expres v |
| | Let's put on a brave face and get on with it. |
| schlocky adj | slang (tacky or trashy) | cafona adj |
| | | brega adj |
| | | de mau gosto loc adj |
| shrewish adj | informal, pejorative (woman: tending to nag) (pejorativo) | rabugenta, briguenta adj |
| | (pejorativo) | resmungona adj |
| | | de mau gênio loc adj |
| | | POR: de mau génio loc adj |
| | Samuel's wife is shrewish; she is always telling him what to do. |
| smell n | (foul smell) | fedor sm |
| | | mau cheiro sm |
| | The smell was obvious when we opened the refrigerator. |
| | O fedor era óbvio ao abrirmos a geladeira. |
| spleen n | uncountable, figurative (spite, bad temper) | implicância sf |
| | | mau humor loc sm |
| | James supposed it must be Wendy's spleen against reality TV shows that made her react so badly to the article about the new series of Big Brother. |
| | James supôs que deveria ser a implicância de Wendy com os reality shows que a fez reagir tão mal ao artigo sobre a nova temporada de Big Brother. |
| suck vi | slang, figurative (be very bad) | ser mau, ruim v lig + adj |
| | You didn't get in? That sucks! |
| | Não conseguiu entrar? Isso é ruim! |
| sullenness n | (sulky mood or character) | mau humor loc sm |
| | Brad's sullenness started on Monday, when his girlfriend dumped him. |
underachieve,
under-achieve vi | (perform poorly) | ter mau desempenho loc v |
| | Children from poor families are more likely to underachieve at school. |