malin
Meanings
Adjective
1. nocive, pernicious (obsolete)
2. malignant (medicine)
3. malicious, sadistic (which likes to do or say hurtful things for fun) (chiefly dated or biblical, dated)
4. smart and quick-thinking, and often tricksterish; cunning, crafty (informal)
5. aggressive (of an animal); petulant (of a person) (Quebec)
Examples84
C'est malin !
Well done!
une tumeur maligne
a malignant tumor
C’est inhumain / De me laisser seul / J’ai l’air malin / Sous mon parasol
It's inhuman / To leave me alone / I look silly / Under my umbrella
avoir l'air malin
to look daft, to look silly
Tu es plus malin que ça.
You know better than that.
Nous sommes plus malins que ça.
We're smarter than that.