Answer quickly: Bad with "l" or bad with “u”? Were you in doubt, did you need to think a lot before answering? No need to worry, this is a very common question among Portuguese speakers. After all, which is the right way, bad or bad? Before writing, stop for a moment, reflect and remember the explanation that Escola Kids now brings to you!
Well, answering the initial question, it is important to remember that there is, in this case, right or wrong, because both words exist and are correct. Despite being homophone words, that is, they have the same pronunciation, bad and bad have different meanings. This phenomenon, called homophony, is responsible for most spelling errors, so be careful and know how to distinguish terms that look the same, but actually aren't. Watch:
Mal can be an adverb, conjunction or common noun, while bad will always be used as an adjective
Bad is an adverb, antonym of good.
Bad is an adjective, the antonym of well.
Examples:
The employee presented a bad performance, so it was removed. (bad ≠ good)
The students were bad on the test because they studied little. (bad ≠ good)
The word bad originates in latin mad and it should be used when the intention is to refer to something that is not of good quality, to someone who does bad things and to other situations intended to qualify, because bad is a adjective. already the word bad, which also originates in Latin, evil, can be one adverb, a conjunction or a substantive ordinary. The words bad and evil are very similar phonetically, but they are spelled differently and also have different meanings. Now that you know, stay tuned and avoid writing mistakes!
By Luana Castro
Graduated in Letters
