ende mal

Galician

Alternative forms

• endemal, inda mal

Etymology

From inda (“yet, still”) mal (“bad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [endeˈmal]

Conjunction

ende mal

1. despite; however; unfortunately

   Synonyms: desafortunadamente, infelizmente, porén

   Antonym: ende ben

Interjection

ende mal

1. alas
   • c. 1771, anonymous, Rosario Álvarez, Ernesto González, editors, Décima xiringatoria‎^[1]:

     Endemal! non falás rouco,
     mais eu à tanto desfacho,
     (como dixo ô ôutro) a macho
     que hè lerdo, arrieiro louco.
     Por moito que eu malle, hè pouco;
     que a quen do principio aò cabo,
     sin fazer caso do crabo,
     tàs peras tira meu frade,
     conven (xiquera à semade)
     que lle zorreguen ô rabo.

     Alas! you don't speak rough,
     but I, to such impertinence,
     as they say, to dumb mule,
     mad muleteer.
     No matter how much I strike, is not enough;
     because to whom, beginning to end,
     not paying attention to the nail,
     your pears drop, my friar,
     it is advisable (at least summarily)
     that they whip their tail

References

• “endemal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ende mal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.