Usage examples of "mal de ojo" in Spanish with translation to English

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¿Creéis en el Mal de ojo? Do you believe in the Evil Eye?
Un curandero con experiencia puede quebrar las maldiciones y curar el mal de ojo. An experienced healer can lift curses and dispel evil eyes.
Una vez, una bruja le echó un mal de ojo a Cristóbal Colón... y nunca lo recuperó. A witch once gave Christopher Columbus an evil eye... and never got it back.
Nunca hablo mal de nadie. I never speak poorly of anyone.
El Mal de Alzheimer afecta principalmente a personas mayores de 60 años. Alzheimer's disease affects mainly people older than 60 years.
Ella siempre habla mal de los demás. She always speaks ill of others.
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.
Siempre está hablando mal de los otros. He is always saying bad things about others.
Nunca hables mal de los demás a sus espaldas. Never speak ill of others behind their back.
Paulo, en la escuela hablaron mal de ti. Paulo, they spoke ill of you in school.
Él tiene por regla nunca hablar mal de otros. He makes it a rule never to speak ill of others.
Estoy mal de dinero. I am short of money.
No hablemos mal de la gente del campo. Sin ellos, nosotros no podríamos vivir en París. Let's not speak ill of the people from the countryside. Without them, we couldn't live in Paris.
Ella tiende a hablar mal de los demás. She tends to speak ill of others.
Él siempre habla mal de su padre a sus espaldas. He always speaks ill of his father behind his back.
Mary está mal de la cabeza. Mary has something wrong in her head.
Lo atrapé hablando mal de mí. I caught him speaking ill of me.
Ando mal de tiempo. I am pressed for time.
No hables mal de otros. Don't speak ill of others.
No se debe hablar mal de los demás. One should not speak ill of others.
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