mala hostia
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmala ˈostja/ [ˌma.la ˈos.t̪ja]
- Syllabification: ma‧la hos‧tia
Noun
mala hostia f (plural malas hostias)
- (colloquial, Spain) bad mood
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 110:
- Coge el billete con cara de mala hostia y, al dejar las vueltas, da un golpe en la mesa.
- He gets the ticket with a wrathful face and, without giving the change, hits the table.
Further reading
- “mala hostia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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