prendre mal

Catalan

Verb

prendre mal (first-person singular present prenc mal, first-person singular preterite prenguí mal, past participle pres mal); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. to get hurt

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁɑ̃.dʁə mal/

Verb

prendre mal

  1. (transitive, informal) to take badly, to take offence at, to take the wrong way
    Antonym: prendre bien
  2. (intransitive) to catch cold
    Synonym: prendre froid
    • 1999, Serge Brussolo, Le Manoir des sortilèges, Paris: Le Livre de Poche, published 2001, →ISBN, page 133:
      Faute de bois, il leur faudrait encore passer une nuit sans chaleur. Il commençait à redouter de prendre mal.
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