Usage examples of "hablar mal" in Spanish with translation to English

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Él tiene por regla nunca hablar mal de otros. He makes it a rule never to speak ill of others.
No debes hablar mal a espaldas de los demás. You must not speak ill of others behind their backs.
Ella tiende a hablar mal de los demás. She tends to speak ill of others.
No se debe hablar mal de los demás. One should not speak ill of others.
El inglés es uno de los idiomas más fáciles de hablar mal, pero el más difícil de usar bien. English is one of the easiest languages to speak badly, but the most difficult to use well.
Nunca la he oído hablar mal de los demás. I've never heard her speak ill of others.
No deberías hablar mal de otros You should not speak ill of others.
No es muy varonil hablar mal de los otros detrás de sus espaldas. It is not manly to speak ill of others behind their backs.
No deberías hablar tan mal de él. You shouldn't speak so ill of him.
Puede que ella rechace hablar contigo porque está de muy mal humor. She may well refuse to speak to you because she's in a very bad mood.
Hace mal tiempo. It is bad weather.
Mi profesor de historia es horrible: empieza a hablar de un tema, después empieza a desbarrar y yo creo que ni siquiera él se entera de lo que ha explicado. My history teacher is awful: he begins talking of a topic, and then he starts digressing, and I think not even he realizes what he had explained.
Tom es un mal cocinero. Tom is a bad cook.
Durante un momento Tom estuvo demasiado sorprendido para hablar. For a moment, Tom was too surprised to speak.
Un curandero con experiencia puede quebrar las maldiciones y curar el mal de ojo. An experienced healer can lift curses and dispel evil eyes.
A decir verdad, no me gusta su forma de hablar. To tell the truth, I don't like his way of talking.
La mujer es el mal del hombre. A woman is the woe of man.
¿Podría usted, por favor, dejar de hablar? Would you please stop talking?
La mierda huele mal. The shit smells bad.
Puedo hablar francés. I can speak French.
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