Meaning of mal de moitos, consolo de todos | Babel Free
Definitions
misery loves company; two in distress make sorrow less
idiomatic
Equivalents
العربية
البؤس يحبّ الصُحبة
Deutsch
geteiltes Leid ist halbes Leid
English
misery loves company
Español
la miseria es mas fácil de conllevar cuando uno no es el único
mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos
nunca falta un roto para un descosido
Suomi
kaksin aina kaunihimpi
Italiano
mal comune mezzo gaudio
日本語
同病相憐れむ
Nederlands
ellende houdt van gezelschap
Examples
“Et porque diz o prouerbio "mal de moytos cõforto he", por ende os troyãos auj́ã grã cõforto da morte dos quatro rreys que perderã, por aquelles outros sete que os gregos alý perderã..”
And because the proverb says "two in distress make sorrow less [misfortune of many comfort is]", so the Trojans had great comfort of the dead of the four kings they had lost because of the another seven that the Greek had lost there.
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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