adverb/pa mal/
not badly (reasonably well)
Synonyms: pas pire
Literally, “not bad”. Compare Italian niente male and Portuguese nada mau.
/pa mal/
not badly (reasonably well)
Synonyms: pas pire
Literally, “not bad”. Compare Italian niente male and Portuguese nada mau.
not bad (reasonably good)
“une fille pas mal” — a fairly pretty girl
Literally, “not bad”. Compare Italian niente male and Portuguese nada mau.
quite a bit, quite a few (a decent amount)
“Revue française d'odonto-stomatologie, Volume 17” — However, we learn that he smoked about 20 cigarettes per day and drank quite a bit of alcohol in the form of whisky.
Literally, “not bad”. Compare Italian niente male and Portuguese nada mau.