mala sangre: meaning & examples

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Language: Spanish

Meanings:

  • 1.

    General Spanishinformalcolloquial
    • To become upset, worried, or angry about something; to let an event or person cause distress or agitation.

    Examples

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    • No le hagas mala sangre por algo tan pequeño; no vale la pena enojarse.

      Don’t get upset about something so small; it’s not worth getting angry.

    • Cuando Pedro se enteró de la noticia, se hizo mala sangre y no quiso hablar con nadie.

      When Pedro found out the news, he got upset and didn’t want to talk to anyone.

    • No te hagas mala sangre pensando en lo que pudo haber salido mal.

      Don’t get yourself upset thinking about what could have gone wrong.

  • 2.

    General Spanishneutral
    • Ill will, resentment, or hostility between people; lingering bad feelings often described as 'bad blood'.

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    • Entre ellos hay mala sangre desde que discutieron por la herencia familiar.

      There is bad blood between them since they argued over the family inheritance.

    • No entiendo por qué hay tanta mala sangre en el equipo después de esa pelea.

      I don’t understand why there is so much resentment in the team after that fight.

    • La mala sangre entre los vecinos se nota en cada reunión del condominio.

      The hostility among the neighbors is noticeable at every condo meeting.

Examples:

  • ES: Está bien. Pe-pero no se haga mala sangre, maestro.
    EN: O.K. But don't get ma... mad.
  • ES: No te hagas mala sangre
    EN: Don't upset yourself.
  • ES: No es nada, Norine. No te hagas mala sangre
    EN: Look, she's better already.
  • ES: No te hagas mala sangre con este calor te sentará mal.
    EN: Oh, here now, you're all worried and hot and excited, all at once and that's bad. Take your coat off and lie down.
  • ES: No te hagas mala sangre.
    EN: Don't worry, auntie.
  • ES: Uno menos por el que hacer mala sangre.
    EN: I'm glad to hear that.
  • ES: ¡Y yo no quiero hacerme mala sangre!
    EN: - I don't want to eat my heart out.
  • ES: Y el pobre Pompón, di, que lleva haciéndose mala sangre desde ayer, buscándote por todos los rincones, sintiéndose tan infeliz como las piedras.
    EN: What about poor Pompon, who's been in a state since yesterday? He was looking for you everywhere. He was wretchedly unhappy.
  • ES: Y no vale la pena hacerse mala sangre por culpa de una mujer.
    EN: And there's no point in getting upset because of a woman.
  • ES: - No les haré mala sangre.
    EN: - I ain't gonna rile you.
  • ES: No hagáis mala sangre.
    EN: - No, sit down, sit down. It's nothing to be worried about.
  • ES: No hay mala sangre.
    EN: No malice.
  • ES: Sin mala sangre.
    EN: No malice.
  • ES: Pero cállate ya, mala sangre, no me dejas ni hablar.
    EN: Be quiet! You're not letting me speak.
  • ES: No te empeñes en hacerte mala sangre ahora que acabas de casarte.
    EN: Don't make yourself unhappy now that you just got married.
  • ES: Dice que para sacarme la mala sangre.
    EN: To purge the bad blood out of me, she said.
  • ES: ¡Esta niña tiene mala sangre, acuérdese de lo que le digo!
    EN: She's got bad blood, this girl, mark my word.
  • ES: No te hagas mala sangre, Kingsclere.
    EN: Don't be a bad blood, Kingsclere.
  • ES: No te hagas mala sangre que te van a salir granitos.
    EN: I advise you to spend your last days in peace.
  • ES: No te hagas mala sangre... en los asuntos de amor.
    EN: ♪ You'll never fret about the things ♪ ♪ That love is not.. ♪

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