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Mal tercio

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What does Mal tercio mean?

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Mal tercio

To be a mal tercio is to be a third wheel or an unwanted extra. It describes a person who is out of place in a social setting, creating an awkward situation for everyone involved.

If we go to that party we are going to be a mal tercio. / This is a total mal tercio, we better leave.

Automatically translated from Spanish

Méxicoby Lara

Mal tercio

A person who is out of place during a meetup because the other two people have romantic intentions or want to speak privately. It refers to someone who acts as an awkward third wheel and disrupts someone else's intimate moment.

In the end I left the bar because the two of them were making out and I was being a total Mal tercio.

Automatically translated from Spanish

Argentinaby Anónimo

Mal tercio

Refers to a person who meddles in affairs that do not concern them or gets in the way in a social situation, particularly when there is a couple involved. It is that individual who shows up where they were not invited and ends up making others uncomfortable with their presence.

That guy is always being a Mal tercio, as soon as he saw me sit down to talk to her he came over to butt into the conversation.

Automatically translated from Spanish

Costa Ricaby Anónimo

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