Polyglot Dictionary

mal-estar

/mawisˈtaɾ/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os mal-estares

Meaning

  1. discomfort

    Built from mal (ill) + estar (being).

    • Senti um mal-estar.

      I felt unwell.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • mal ill
  • estar being

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

incomodidad

incomodidad is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "discomfort."

Spanish

malestar

malestar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "discomfort."

Practice

1 What does mal-estar mean?

2 Fill the gap: Senti um mal-___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches mal-estar?

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