| Englisch | Spanisch | |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| General | bad news | embrollón [m] |
| General | bad news | malas noticias |
| Idioms | ||
| Idioms | bad news | malas ausencias [f/pl] |
| Idioms | bad news | mala noticia |
| Idioms | bad news | malas noticias |
| Colloquial | ||
| Colloquial | bad news | récipe [m] |
| Colloquial | bad news | píldora [f] |
| Business | ||
| Business | bad news | malas noticias |
| Englisch | Spanisch | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idioms | ||||
| Idioms | be the bearer of bad news | ser pájaro de mal agüero [v] | ||
| Idioms | be the bearer of bad news | ser ave de mal agüero [v] | ||
| Idioms | bear bad news | ser pájaro de mal agüero [v] | ||
| Idioms | bear bad news | ser ave de mal agüero [v] | ||
| Idioms | give bad news | tirar pálidas [v] UY AR teen | ||
| Speaking | ||||
| Speaking | there's good news, there's bad news | hay buenas y malas noticias | ||
| Speaking | i've got some bad news | tengo malas noticias | ||
| Colloquial | ||||
| Colloquial | bearer of bad news | correo de malas nuevas [m] | ||
| Colloquial | give bad news | gafar [v] | ||
| Colloquial | be no end to the bad news | venir mal dadas [v] | ||
| Colloquial | moral impact produced by bad news | carajazo [m] VE | ||
| Proverbs | ||||
| Proverbs | bad news travels fast (good news travels slow) | la noticia mala llega volando, y la buena, cojeando | ||
