
Day 12 · Everyday
A relieved sigh, in two words
Menos mal
MEH-nos mahl — Thank goodness / phew
"Menos mal que llegamos a tiempo."
Thank goodness we arrived on time.
Always reacts to something that could have gone wrong but didn't — there's a built-in sense of relief you can't get from a plain "good."
"My go-to phrase every single time I make my train with seconds to spare."— Graciela