못되다

Korean

Etymology

못 (mot) +‎ 되다 (doeda, “to become”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [mo̞t̚t͈we̞da̠] ~ [mo̞t̚t͈ø̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [몯뛔다/몯뙤다]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?motdoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mosdoeda
McCune–Reischauer?mottoeda
Yale Romanization?mos.toyta

Adjective

못되다 • (motdoeda) (infinitive 못돼 or 못되어, sequential 못되니)

  1. (to be) nasty, mean, evil
    너 정말 못됐어! (informal non-polite; past tense form but the meaning is present) ― Neo jeongmal motdwaesseo! ― You're so mean!

Conjugation

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