cosa mala
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “bad thing”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkosa ˈmala/ [ˌko.sa ˈma.la]
- Syllabification: co‧sa ma‧la
Adverb
- (idiomatic) an awful lot; something awful
Further reading
- “cosa mala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024