Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(strongs) • Sterkte is used to tell someone to stay strong or to bless someone with strength. To tell someone you will be thinking of them while they attempt a hard task or difficult times and that they must persevere.
"Sterkte my jou wiskunde examen. Sterkte vir jou dag."
"Strongs with your math exam. Strongs for your day."
Submitted February 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
A remote location.
“It’s great that my daughter is so interested in soccer but the games are so spread out I’m a bit sick of driving to woop woop every Saturday morning”
A distant location that was once a town but no longer exists
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(telephone pole syrup) • It's a derogatory way of describing commercial syrups which are not true maple syrup.
"Ce restaurant est bien cheap. On sert du sirop de poteau avec leurs crêpes."
"This restaurant is very cheap. They serve telephone pole syrup with their crepes."
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(to leek) • Waiting motionless for a long time, like a leek planted in the ground.
"Il y avait tellement de monde au magasin, le vendeur m'a fait poireauter pendant une heure."
"There were so many people at the store, the salesman made me leek for one hour."
Submitted January 2023 by anonymous
Word USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone
(n.) • A close, Welsh hug.
“Come here and give me a cwtch before you go.”
Expression USED Frequently BY everyone
(nice taken with you) • Something that is a nice bonus or extra.
"Ik zoek iemand die me dit weekend kan helpen met klussen. Ervaring is mooi meegenomen."
"I'm looking for someone who can help me with odd jobs this weekend. Experience is a bonus."
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(to return bread for focaccia) • To give someone a taste of their own medicine i.e. to treat them as badly as they treated you.
"Il vicino tiene la musica alta perché sei stato maleducato con lui? Ben ti sta, ti ha reso pan per focaccia."
"The neighbor is playing music loudly because you were mean to him? Serves you right, he returned you bread for focaccia."
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • Money.
"Necesito chavos pa' comprar ese anillo."
"I need money to buy that ring."
Word USED Frequently BY Everyone
(adverb) • An all-encompassing word used when someone did something wrong. "Don't worry about it, you've been forgiven, I'm not mad and it's such a small detail that we don't need to talk about it again"
"Undskyld mor, jeg ødelagde vasen ved et uheld." "Pyt!"
"Sorry mum, I accidentally broke the vase." "Pyt!"
West Frisian
Friesland,
Netherlands
Word USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(noun) • (babysip) • It's when you go to visit a newborn.
"Wy geane op poppeslok by Amarens en Bouwe."
"We are going to visit Amarens and Bouwe to babysip."
Name USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(wrong coffee) • Wrong coffee is a Dutch drink consisting of half milk and half coffee.
"Ik drink graag koffie verkeerd"
"I like to drink wrong coffee"
Submitted October 2023 by anonymous
Slang USED Frequently BY Everyone
(tubers of plantain) • The Literal translation is the part of a banana tree that grows under the soil and where the root, trunk, and leaves grow from, but used in slang to mean silly, idle, stunned, very boring, hard, or difficult.
"Tôi đang xem một bộ phim củ chuối lắm" "Bài toán này rất củ chuối"
"I am watching a very silly film." "This math lesson is so/very hard."
Submitted September 2023 by linhlinh
Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(my soul) • Zhanym is a word used to address your loved ones. The literal translation of the word to English is “my soul”. Kazakh people use this word to address their significant others (very frequently), friends, siblings, and children.
"Менің жаным үйге келді."
"My soul came back home."
Submitted September 2023 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(What a pizza) • It means “what a bore“ and can describe something or even someone.
“Che pizza questo concerto”
“What a pizza this concert”
Submitted September 2023 by annachiara
Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(under the slipper) • A married person who is under total control of his/her wife/husband.
"Ten chlap je pod papučou, žena ho nepustí ani do krčmy."
"That man is under the slipper, his wife won't let him go even to the pub."
Submitted July 2023 by anonymous
Standard Phrase USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(to have a wooden mouth) • To have a hangover or to feel hungover after a heavy night of drinking alcohol.
"J'ai une affreuse gueule de bois."
"I have an awful wooden mouth."
Word USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(noun) • When you find yourself in unfamiliar surroundings either purposely, for a change of scenery on a holiday or because you feel homesick.
"Pour un vrai dépaysement, allez passer une semaine à Bali!"
"For a real change of scenery, go and spend a week in Bali!"
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(noun) • The smell of badly washed crockery, which where used to contain fish, eggs or dairy products; The smell of wet dog; The smell of stale water.
"El bicer el sa da freschin."
"The glass smells like bad."
Submitted March 2023 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(was fed to me/ was eaten by me) • This expression is used when you had no intention of eating all of something, but you end up doing so. This one word encapsulates a myriad of ideas.
"სად არის ნამცხვარი დედამ რომ იყიდა?" "უი, ეგ სულ შემომეჭამა."
"Where is the cake that mom bought?" "Oops, I accidentally ate all of it."
Submitted March 2023 by anonymous
