"niente male" meaning in Italian

See niente male in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: mica male [alternative, slang]
Etymology: Literally, “nothing bad”. Compare Portuguese nada mau and French pas mal. Etymology templates: {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|nothing bad}} “nothing bad”, {{lit|nothing bad}} Literally, “nothing bad”, {{cog|pt|nada mau}} Portuguese nada mau, {{cog|fr|pas mal}} French pas mal Head templates: {{it-adj|inv=1}} niente male (invariable)
  1. (idiomatic) not bad at all; pretty good Tags: idiomatic, invariable
    Sense id: en-niente_male-it-adj-A1L9lwg0 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 88 12

Interjection

Forms: mica male [alternative, slang]
Etymology: Literally, “nothing bad”. Compare Portuguese nada mau and French pas mal. Etymology templates: {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|nothing bad}} “nothing bad”, {{lit|nothing bad}} Literally, “nothing bad”, {{cog|pt|nada mau}} Portuguese nada mau, {{cog|fr|pas mal}} French pas mal Head templates: {{head|it|interjection}} niente male
  1. that's not so bad; not bad at all!
    Sense id: en-niente_male-it-intj-KpAuiD-Q Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100

Alternative forms

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