Translation
bad; evil, wicked
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Examples
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He is a bad man.
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The weather is bad today.
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She had a bad dream.
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That was a bad idea.
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Bad words wound more than blows.
This is where most learners first see what - is for. Esperanto needs no separate root for bad, because the prefix reverses cleanly, and the same trick then hands you , , , and a few hundred more from words you already know. It is the best return on effort the language offers. The branch continues: is evil as a noun, a villain, to spoil something, to curse.
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Word family
Words built on malbona with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malbon艥anconoun
bad luck, misfortune
malbona艥anco
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 4: malbona, kies, alta and 7 more words.