Usage examples of "el mal gusto" in Spanish with translation to English

Sus bromas de mal gusto sacaban a Jane de quicio. His crude jokes made Jane angry.

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 partir de mi experiencia personal, yo sé que cualquier encuentro con él te dejará un mal gusto en la boca. From personal experience, I know that any encounter with him will leave a bad taste in your mouth.

La mujer es el mal del hombre. A woman is the woe of man.

El Mal de Alzheimer afecta principalmente a personas mayores de 60 años. Alzheimer's disease affects mainly people older than 60 years.

El mal tiempo no es impedimento. Bad weather is no obstacle.

Tom falleció el pasado invierno después de una larga batalla contra el mal de Alzheimer. Tom passed away last winter after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

¿Puede una niña de su edad distinguir entre el bien y el mal? Can a child of her age distinguish good from bad?

El avión se retrasó tres horas por el mal tiempo. The plane was three hours late due to bad weather.

Ojalá hubiera malas personas en algún lugar cometiendo malas acciones y solo hubiera que separarlos del resto de nosotros y destruirlos. Pero la línea divisoria entre el bien y el mal atraviesa el corazón de todos los seres humanos. ¿Y quién está dispuesto a destruir una parte de su propio corazón? If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

El mal clima me impidió el ir a pescar. The bad weather prevented me from going fishing.

El mal tiempo estropeó la ceremonia. The bad weather marred the ceremony.

El mal genio de Tomás afectó su matrimonio. Tom's anger hurt their marriage.

Con cada incremento del conocimiento científico, el poder del hombre para el mal se incrementa en la misma proporción que su poder para el bien. With every increase of scientific knowledge, man's power for evil is increased in the same proportion as his power for good.

El mal a veces gana. Evil sometimes wins.

Todo lo que se necesita para que triunfe el mal que que los hombres buenos no hagan nada. All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

El mal olor nos dio asco. The bad smell disgusted us.

No es fácil distinguir entre el bien y el mal. It is not easy to distinguish good from evil.

Puedo distinguir entre el bien y el mal. I know right from wrong.

Debe distinguir entre el bien y el mal. You should distinguish between right and wrong.

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