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Slang USED Frequently BY Teens
(save) • Way of saying "hello" or "what's up".
"Salve, como você está?"
"Hello, how are you?"
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Slang USED Frequently BY Teens
(save) • Way of saying "hello" or "what's up".
"Salve, como você está?"
"Hello, how are you?"
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Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Most People
(interj.) • A casual greeting
“Shwmae Rhys.” “Shwmae Siân.“
“Hey Rhys.” “Hey Siân.”
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Acronym USED Very frequently BY Teens
Short for "comunque", which translates to "anyways" or "by the way".
"Cmq non mi va di andare al cinema stasera."
"I don't feel like going to the movies tonight btw."
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Sound USED Very frequently BY Everyone
The Russian sound for coughing that someone makes to show various feelings, such as doubt, disapproval, embarrassment, or to attract attention.
"Кхм, кхм, кхм... помоги мне с багажами, пожалуйста."
"Ahem, ahem, ahem... help me with my luggage, please."
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Sound USED Very frequently BY Everyone
The English sound for coughing that someone makes to show various feelings, such as doubt, disapproval, embarrassment, or to attract attention.
"Ahem, I'm still here."
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Czech
| hantec slang (brněnský hantec)
Brno,
Czechia
Word USED Frequently BY residents of the city of Brno
(n.) • Tramway. Was loaned from German 'Elektrische Linie' and is used by residents of Brno exclusively.
"Zétra pofáruju šalinó na Prýgl."
"I‘m going to the Brno Reservoir tomorrow."
Submitted August 2020 by rvnthr
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Slang USED Very frequently BY Everyone
It´s like saying something is bad or not cool.
“¡No seas gacho!“
“Don´t be mean!”
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Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Most People
(Where? ) • A phrase in which the ‘to’ refers to a specific place. Asking “where someone is to” is like asking where someone is.
“Where’s he to?”
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Slang USED Frequently BY Young People
(n.) • 1) When used as a noun, it refers to a big fight or scuffle. 2) As a verb, it refers to having a fight, or the action of a fight taking place. It usually refers to a physical altercation.
1) "We had a fat scrap." 2) "I’ll scrap him later."
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Idiom USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(sounds like Chinese) • Referring to anything you can't understand, from Maths to a foreign language.
"¡No entiendo nada, toda la explicación me ha sonado a chino!"
"I can't understand anything, the whole explanation sounds like Chinese to me!"
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Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • Popcorn.
"Cuando veo una película, me gusta comer cotufas."
"When I watch a movie, I like to eat cotufas."
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Expression USED Frequently BY parents and teachers
(warm your chair ) • You say this when you think someone should study more.
"Ako želiš da položiš ispit, moraćeš da zagreješ stolicu!"
"If you want to pass the exam, you will need to warm your chair!"
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Serbian
Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro
Expression USED Frequently BY Some People
(hang it on a cat's tail) • That's what you say when someone did something that you find pointless or useless.
"Tu diplomu možeš da okačiš mačku o rep!"
"You can hang that diploma on a cat's tail!"
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(adv.) • (on bank) • for sure
"Na bank pójdziemy jutro do kina."
"For sure we'll go to the cinema tomorrow."
Name USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • Anyone is called “aunty” or “uncle” as long as they are older than you. It is a heartfelt and homey way of addressing elders, and an alternative to “madam” or “sir”
“Aunty, can you help me with the plates?“
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Valle del Cauca,
Colombia
Expression USED Frequently BY Teens
(n.) • (turkey) • Word used to denote the group of people with whom you have sexual intercourse.
“Ya quiero que sea fin de semana para verme con mi pavo.”
“I want it to be the weekend to see my turkey.”
Expression USED Very frequently BY Young People
(v.) • (to position yourself (with somebody)) • To become the boyfriend/girlfriend of someone.
“Yo me quiero cuadrar con Simon.“
“I want to position myself with Simon.”
Expression USED Very frequently BY Teens
(n.) • A residual bad feeling that is the result of the love that remains for someone after the end of a relationship.
“Tengo una tusa terrible después de haber cortado con Carlos.“
“I have a bad feeling after having broken up with Carlos.“
Expression USED Frequently BY Teens
(fall to someone) • Phrase used to express the actions used to show the desire of starting a romantic relationship with someone.
"Yo le estaba cayendo a Laura, pero ella me dijo que me quería como amigo."
"I was falling to Laura, but she said that she saw me as a friend."
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हांव कितें माश्यो मारच्या बसला ?
Expression USED Frequently BY Anyone
(Am I sitting here to kill flies ?) • Expression used to ask why someone has been called somewhere, or to ask why one should keep waiting. Could also be used to emphasize that someone has been working on a task for a long time.
"आज ताका बेगी इमेल धाडका।" "मगीर हांव कितें एदोळच्यांन हंगा माश्यो भारत बसला ? बरयता नी हांव?"
"Today we have to send him the email quickly." "So do you think I am sitting here and killing flies? I am writing it, ain't I ?"
Submitted August 2020 by ujwalthelinguist
