Tu estas muy mal.

English translation: You are very sick.

06:20 Dec 4, 2018

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Spanish term or phrase: Tu estas muy mal.

I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from Dominican Spanish into American English.

It's a translation of a phone conversation between two Dominican People living in The US. Is okay to translate it as You are very sick?

Here is the full sentence:

Tu estas muy mal, claro y mira que niño mas lindo de mi pajaro.

yugoslavia KudoZ activity Questions: 1993 (3 open) (3 without valid answers) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 0 United States
Local time: 00:19

English translation:You are very sick.

Explanation:
For US English I think this is fine.

A bit more context would be helpful though.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2018-12-04 09:11:35 GMT)
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Sounds more like she was behaving badly. "You're right out of line" or "You're crazy" possibly?

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Note added at 1 day 2 hrs (2018-12-05 09:11:40 GMT)
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To be honest, I don't think it matters, but I would be tempted to go with sick only as it's closer to the original but that's just a personal opinion. I also like Neil's offerings. Watch your spelling, if this is going to be used in court you need to remove errors like 'braking', should be 'breaking'.

Selected response from:

Jane Martin
Local time: 05:19

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

You are very sick.

Jane Martin

3 +1

You're really nasty.

Barbara Cochran, MFA

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

You're really nasty.

Explanation:
Another, less literal option.

Or maybe, "you're really mean".

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 00:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 52

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for your help. I appreciate it. Barbara, do you think you are really "nasty" and "mean" is better than you are very sick? Let me know. Thanks. Yugoslavia

Asker: i'm sorry about the delay. I have just seen your message.

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

You are very sick.

Jane Martin
Local time: 05:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 36

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Jane. I appreciate it. The wife was insulting him very badly and she was braking things in the front of him and in the front of the small child. he said to her. "Tu estas muy mal"

Asker: Jane, do you think in this context will be better to use sick or crazy? This translation could be used in court. Please let me know.

Asker: Hi Jane, I'm sorry. I was typing from my tablet. Yes,I was meaning to say "breaking". My tablet is changing my words when I'm typing.

Asker: Thanks for your help Jane.

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