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| meno male |
| 1. interj. thank goodness!; That's a good thing!; luckily! |
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| 2. interj. (followed by che) It's a good thing that..; It's a good job that..; It was lucky for me (or you, her, etc) that.. |
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| Meno male che hai finito! - it's a good thing that you finished! |
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| meno male che oggi non sono andato a lavorare perché c'è stata una bufera di neve nel pomeriggio! - it's a good thing that I didn't go to work today because there was a snowstorm this afternoon |
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| Analysis |
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| meno |
| 1. adv. less |
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| 2. adv. not; non- |
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| Se l'abbia scritto o meno rimarrà sempre un segreto. - Whether he wrote it or not will always remain a secret. |
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| legalità o meno - legality or non-legality |
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| 3. adv. (mathematics) minus |
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| male |
| 1. adv. (comparative: peggio; superlative: malissimo) |
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| 2. adv. badly, wrongly |
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| 3. n. evil, harm |
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| 4. n. pain, ache, illness, sickness, disease |
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| 5. adj. feminine plural of malo |
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