Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • (betweentoes) • Flip-flops.
"Ho comprato un paio di infradito nuove per l'estate."
"I bought a new pair of betweentoes for the summer."
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • (betweentoes) • Flip-flops.
"Ho comprato un paio di infradito nuove per l'estate."
"I bought a new pair of betweentoes for the summer."
Word USED Frequently BY Young People
(v.) • (to sweep) • To have a sexual intercourse.
"Chissà se avranno scopato quella sera."
"I wonder if they swept that night."
Word USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(v.) • (having energy) • Having energy, mustering strength. It is most commonly used as a verb, but often it is simply the word "Orka!" on its own, meaning "I can't believe you're willing to spend your energy on that" as well as "I don't have the energy for that" simultaneously.
"Jag orkar inte."
"I don't have the energy."
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Word USED On Occasion BY Some People
(adv.) • Totally, completely, absolutely
"On je konc blbý!"
"He's totally stupid!"
Submitted August 2020 by adamburianek
Word USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(adj.) • It literally means someone who is uncircumcised but is also used as an insult, usually by men, to demean or mock a man's skills.
"Isasama ba natin si Paulo sa shooting range?" "Huwag. Supot naman 'yon."
"Are we going to invite Paulo to the shooting range?" "Don't. He's uncircumcised anyway."
Submitted August 2020 by adtonangadto
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(adj.) • The root word 'baboy' literally means 'pig'. 'Binaboy' refers to anything valuable that was destroyed, desecrated or treated with disrespect. The disrespect aspect is important in the usage of this word.
"Ginuhitan nila ang litrato ni Rizal. Binaboy nila ang pambansang bayani natin."
"They drew on the picture of Rizal. They spat on our national hero."
Submitted August 2020 by adtonangadto
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Italian
| Venetian
Veneto,
Italy
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • (money) • “Schei” is used in Venetian dialect. When Venice was conquered by the Austrians, the coins that Austrians brought to Venice had written “scheidemünzen” on top. Venetians had no idea how to read German so they pronounced what was written as it sounded right to them. From then on, money is called “schei” in Venice.
"No go schei!"
"I don’t have money!"
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Word USED On Occasion BY Anyone
(n.) • The currency of Norway is Kroner, and kronerulling is when people pitch in loose change and coins to buy something. Usually for someone else.
"Har du ikke nok til neste øl? Da tar vi en kronerulling, folkens!"
"You don't have enough money for the next beer? All right, lets do a crown rolling, people!"
Word USED On Occasion BY Children
(n.) • (foureyes) • A slightly offensive way of calling people who wear glasses.
"Alice è una quattrocchi!"
"Alice is a foureyes!"
Afrikaans
South Africa and Namibia
Word USED Frequently BY Adults
(n.) • (drunken grief) • Someone has "dronkverdriet" when they are crying, emotional or depressed after they drank a lot of alcohol.
"Hoekom huil sy? Sy het dronkverdriet want sy het te veel gedrink."
"Why is she crying? She has drunken grief because she drank too much."
Submitted August 2020 by watermeisie
Word USED Frequently BY Young People
(adj.) • (king) • Its original meaning is "king", but it's used as an adjective to say "cool" or "dope".
"Fú, de király volt ez a koncert!"
"Wow, this concert was so king!"
Submitted August 2020 by janka
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Chinese
China, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(interj.) • A greeting used most frequently (and nowadays almost exclusively) on telephone calls. The greeting most directly means "Hello" and confirms the phone call has connected.
喂 ，你还在吗?
Hello, are you still there?
Submitted August 2020 by bpaw
Word USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(adj.) • Showing no emotion in facial expression.
"He was stone-faced as he listened to his brother's appeal for money."
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • (keyboard) • Another word for finger, sormi, is näppi, näpit. When you do something where you touch something with multiple fingers consecutively, for example twang guitar strings, that can be called näppäillä, näppäily. Ending -sto, -stö indicates something that is formed of many same items in same place, for example puu, puusto means a place with trees. Keyboard has multiple keys handled by one finger at a time, so it's called näppäimistö.
"Kun näppäilet näppäimistöä näpeilläsi, näppäimistä kuuluu kova ääni."
"When you type on the keyboard with your fingers, the keys make a loud sound."
Submitted August 2020 by systomykoosi
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • It's the word for mobile phone.
"Minä vuonna ostit kännykän?"
"What year did you buy a mobile phone?"
Submitted August 2020 by systomykoosi
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Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • (knowledge machine) • Computer.
"Onko joku koneella? Onko teillä tietokone?"
"Is someone at the machine? Do you have a computer?"
Submitted August 2020 by systomykoosi
Word USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(n.) • Used to refer to something you want to reach or when you point to something. Similar to "that thing".
"Pásame esa vaina."
"Give me that thing."
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Word USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone
(adj.) • Common way to refer to blond people.
"Me gustan las mujeres catiras."
"I like blond girls."
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Word USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone
(interj.) • It's a way to say hey or hi.
"¡Épale! ¿Cómo estás?" "¡Épale Andrés! ¿Cómo estuvo tu fin de semana?"
"Hi! How are you?" "Hey Andres! How was your weekend?"
