Phrase · 🧩 Idiomatic speech

Isso pega mal no trabalho.

That looks bad at work.

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Issopronounthatpega1verblookspegar · present · 3rd sing.mal1adverbbadnoprepositionatem+o · masc. · sing. · definitetrabalhonounworkmasc. · sing..

Word for word: “That catches badly at work.”

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pegar mal = "look bad, go down badly"; the opposite is pegar bem. Light verbs & idioms with dar, ficar, deixar, pegar, rolar →