Translation for "mala gana" to english

Mala gana

noun

• unwillingness

Translation examples

unwillingness noun

Con cierta mala gana, la reina permitió que la flota realizase otro ataque en España.
With some unwillingness she allowed the fleet to make another attack upon Spain.

Se cruzó de brazos, ladeó la cabeza a un lado, escuchó atentamente y después asintió despacio de mala gana.
He folded his arms, cocking his head to one side and listening intently, then nodded with slow, manifest unwillingness.

En cuanto la dureza de la sentencia que le habían aplicado, Ruth, igual que Carl Henry, culpaba no solamente al funcionamiento de la maquinaria judía sino, con una mala gana que le arrancaba el corazón, a su patrón, el señor James Haworth Love.
As for the harsh sentence he had received, this she blamed, as did Carl Henry, not only on the workings of the Jewish Machine but, with an unwillingness that wrenched her heart, on her employer, Mr. James Haworth Love himself.

Virginia atravesó el vestíbulo en el momento en que un torso hercúleo se marchaba discretamente por una puerta lateral. —¡Superintendente! —llamó imperiosa. Battle volvió de mala gana sobre sus pasos. —¿Mistress Revel?
As Virginia was crossing the wide hall, she caught sight of a broad back that seemed familiar to her discreetly vanishing through a side door. 'Superintendent Battle,' she called imperiously. The superintendent, for it was indeed he, retraced his steps with a shade of unwillingness. 'Yes, Mrs Revel?'