"mal necessário" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

Forms: males necessários [plural]
Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|males necessários}} mal necessário m (plural males necessários)
  1. necessary evil Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mal_necessário-pt-noun-Ql1hfDWL Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for mal necessário meaning in Portuguese (0.6kB)

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          "necessary evil",
          "necessary evil"
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      ]
    }
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  "word": "mal necessário"
}
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Portuguese countable nouns",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese masculine nouns",
        "Portuguese multiword terms",
        "Portuguese nouns",
        "Portuguese nouns with red links in their headword lines"
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "necessary evil"
        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mal necessário"
}

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