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mau meaning in English

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mau adjective

atrocious(frightful, evil, cruel, monstrous)
adjective
[UK: ə.ˈtrəʊ.ʃəs] [US: əˈtro.ʊ.ʃəs]

bad [worse, worst](unfavorable; negative)
adjective
[UK: bæd] [US: ˈbæd]

evil(intending to harm)
adjective
[UK: ˈiːv.l̩] [US: ˈiːv.l̩]

mean(intending to cause harm, successfully or otherwise)
adjective
[UK: miːn] [US: ˈmiːn]

wicked [wickeder, wickedest](evil or mischievous)
adjective
[UK: ˈwɪkɪd] [US: ˈwɪkəd]

mau agouro noun
{m}

foreboding [forebodings](evil omen)
noun
[UK: fɔː.ˈbəʊd.ɪŋ] [US: fɔːˈbo.ʊd.ɪŋ]

mau contacto noun
{m}

loose connection(imperfect connection in electric wiring)
noun

mau egípcio noun
{m}

Egyptian Maunoun

mau funcionamento noun
{m}

malfunction [malfunctions](faulty functioning)
noun
[UK: ˌmæl.ˈfʌŋk.ʃn̩] [US: mæl.ˈfəŋk.ʃn̩]

mau humor noun
{m}

hump [humps](bad mood)
noun
[UK: hʌmp] [US: ˈhəmp]

mood [moods](bad mood)
noun
[UK: muːd] [US: ˈmuːd]

mau hálito noun
{m}

bad breath(unpleasant breath)
noun

Mau-Mau proper noun
{m-Pl}

Mau Mau(a group of anti-British insurgents in colonial Kenya)
proper noun

mau olhado noun
{m}

evil eye(wicked look)
noun
[UK: ˈiːv.l̩ aɪ] [US: ˈiːv.l̩ ˈaɪ]

mau perdedor noun

sore loser(one who is easily angered by losing)
noun

mau pressentimento noun
{m}

foreboding [forebodings](sense of evil to come)
noun
[UK: fɔː.ˈbəʊd.ɪŋ] [US: fɔːˈbo.ʊd.ɪŋ]

mau tempo noun
{m}

weather(unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions)
noun
[UK: ˈwe.ðə(r)] [US: ˈwe.ðər]

mauricinho noun
{m}

dandy [dandies](man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance)
noun
[UK: ˈdæn.di] [US: ˈdæn.di]

preppy(student of a prep school)
noun
[UK: ˈpre.pi] [US: ˈpre.pi]

mauritana noun
{f}

Mauritanian(Mauritanian person)
noun
[UK: ˌmɒ.rɪ.ˈteɪ.nɪən] [US: ˌmɒ.rɪ.ˈteɪ.nɪən]

mauritano adjective

Mauritanianadjective
[UK: ˌmɒ.rɪ.ˈteɪ.nɪən] [US: ˌmɒ.rɪ.ˈteɪ.nɪən]

mauritano noun
{m}

Mauritanian(Mauritanian person)
noun
[UK: ˌmɒ.rɪ.ˈteɪ.nɪən] [US: ˌmɒ.rɪ.ˈteɪ.nɪən]

Mauritânia proper noun
{f}

Mauritania(Islamic Republic of Mauritania)
proper noun
[UK: ˌmɒ.rɪ.ˈteɪ.nɪə] [US: ˌmɔː.rə.ˈteɪ.niə]

Maurícia proper noun

Mauritius(country)
proper noun
[UK: mə.ˈrɪ.ʃəs] [US: mɒ.ˈrɪ.tiəs]

Maurício proper noun

Maurice(male given name)
proper noun
[UK: ˈmɒ.rɪs] [US: mɒ.ˈriːs]

maus lençóis noun
{m-Pl}

deep water(difficult or embarrassing situation)
noun
[UK: diːp ˈwɔː.tə(r)] [US: ˈdiːp ˈwɒ.tər]

maus lençóis noun
{m}

dire straits(difficult position)
noun
[UK: ˈdaɪə(r) streɪts] [US: ˈdaɪr ˈstreɪts]

maus modos noun
{m-Pl}

bad manners(treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way)
noun
[UK: bæd ˈmæ.nəz] [US: ˈbæd ˈmæ.nərz]

mausoléu noun
{m}

mausoleum [mausolea](large tomb)
noun
[UK: ˌmɔː.sə.ˈliːəm] [US: ˌmɒ.sə.ˈliːəm]

amaurose noun
{f}

amaurosis [amauroses](blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye)
noun
[UK: ˌamərˈəʊsɪs] [US: ˌæmərˈoʊsɪs]

amaurótico adjective

amaurotic(pertaining to or suffering from amaurosis)
adjective
[UK: ˌamərˈɒtɪk] [US: ˌæmərˈɑːɾɪk]

de mau gosto adjective

distasteful(offensive)
adjective
[UK: dɪs.ˈteɪst.fəl] [US: ˌdɪ.ˈsteɪst.fəl]

tacky(colloquial: in bad taste)
adjective
[UK: ˈtæk.i] [US: ˈtæk.i]

estar mal-humorado estar de mau humor verb

sulk [sulked, sulking, sulks](to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn)
verb
[UK: sʌlk] [US: ˈsəlk]

galinhola-vermelha-das-maurícias noun
{f}

red rail(bird of extinct Mauritian species)
noun

galinhola-vermelha-de-maurício noun
{f}

red rail(bird of extinct Mauritian species)
noun

Lobo Mau noun
{m}

Big Bad Wolf(fictional evil wolf)
noun

nada mau adjective
{m}

not bad(reasonably good)
adjective
[UK: nɒt bæd] [US: ˈnɑːt ˈbæd]

pedaço de mau caminho noun

hunk [hunks](sexually attractive man)
noun
[UK: hʌŋk] [US: ˈhəŋk]

pilrito de Maur noun
{m}

western sandpiper(Calidris mauri)
noun

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