Dutch Netherlands

staan

Word USED Frequently BY Everyone

(v.) • (to stand) • This refers to how something (clothing, haircut, etc) looks on you. Something "standing" means it looks good on you, but it can also be used in combination with an adjective to indicate how something looks on you by saying "it stands you ..." (good, bad, fantastic, professional, hip, etc.)

"Staat dit of staat dit niet?" "Ik vind het je heel leuk staan." "Ja, staat je heel sjiek."

"Does this stand or does this not stand?" "I think it stands you well." "Yes, stands you very chique!"

Dutch Netherlands

klein bier

Expression USED On Rare Occasion BY Some People

(small beer) • Something relatively unimportant

"Het verliezen van je baan aan Corona is klein bier vergeleken met het verliezen van een familielid aan Corona."

"Losing your job to Corona is small beer in comparison to losing a family member to Corona."

English United States

legit

Slang USED Very frequently BY Teens

(adj.) • Short for “legitimate”. Used like “cool.” Meaning new, exciting, in fashion, etc.

"Your coat is legit”

English United States

dope

Slang USED Frequently BY Teens

(adj.) • Used the same way as “cool.”

“Did you see my new AirPods?” “Dude! Those are so dope!”

French French speaking countries

Ce n’est pas de la tarte

Idiom USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

(It's not a tart) • Used to say that something is not easy to do.

"Ce n’est pas de la tarte ce jeu!"

"This game is not easy!"

Portuguese Curitiba, Brazil

piá / guria de prédio

Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

(building boy / girl) • A spoiled boy (piá) or girl (guria) that doesn't join popular culture. Usually related to wealth, lives away from the street costumes, as in a building (prédio).

"Não sabe jogar bolinha de gude? Mas é um piá de prédio mesmo..."

"Don't you know how to play marbles? It could only be a building boy..."

Dutch | Flemish Flanders, Belgium

het hol van pluto

Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People

(the ass of pluto) • The middle of nowhere

"We waren echt in het hol van pluto, er was geen enkel huis te bespeuren!"

"We were really in the ass of pluto, there were no houses to be seen!"

Portuguese Paraná, Brazil

piá

Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone

(n.) • Meaning "boy" or "kid". From the indigenous Tingui language, it means "heart". Tingui mothers used to call their sons saying "heart", "my heart".

"Pare com isso, piá!"; "Piá, venha já pra dentro que tá frio aí fora!"

"Stop doing that, boy!"; "Hey, kid, come inside right now, it's cold outside!"

Dutch | Flemish Flanders, Belgium

met je gat in de boter vallen

Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone

(to fall with your ass in the butter) • To be very lucky, to end up in a good place

"De eigenaar van het hotel was heel vriendelijk. We zijn er echt met ons gat in de boter gevallen!"

"The owner of the hotel was very nice. We really fell with our asses in the butter there!"

Czech Czechia

to není žádná procházka růžovým sadem.

Idiom USED Frequently BY Anyone

(it is no walk through a rose/pink orchard) • It is no easy feat, it is in fact a very hard thing to do.

"Pro Ivana Lendla nebyl tento zápas žádnou procházkou růžovým sadem."

"The match was not a walk through a rose orchard for Ivan Lendl."

Portuguese Brazil

um mar de rosas

Expression USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone

(a sea of roses) • Period or situation of tranquility, happiness, harmony. Without facing difficulties; comfortable; easy.

"A vida não é um mar de rosas" "O jogo foi um mar de rosas"

"Life is not a sea of roses" "The match was a sea of roses"

Dutch | Flemish Flanders, Belgium

het leven is geen ponykamp

Expression USED On Rare Occasion BY Some People

(life is not a pony camp) • Life is not always easy.

"Ik ben gebuisd voor mijn examen. Helaas, maar het leven is geen ponykamp."

"I failed my exam. It sucks, but life's not a pony camp."

Hungarian Hungary

az élet nem habostorta

Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

(life is not a cream cake) • Used to emphasise that life isn't easy.

"Megint korán kellett kelnem!" "Hát igen, az élet nem habostorta."

"I had to wake up early again." "Well, yeah, life is not a cream cake."

Czech Czechia

život není peříčko

Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone

(life is no feather) • Used to say that life is not easy.

"Mám toho spoustu v práci a do toho teď musím ještě pomáhat našim." "No jo, život není peříčko."

"I have tons of things to do at work and on top of that, I now have to help out my parents." "Yeah well, life is no feather."

Dutch Netherlands

frisje

Word USED Frequently BY Most People

(n.) • (little fresh) • A combination of the Dutch word for soda, "frisdrank" (freshdrink), and the Dutch national pastime of using words in their diminutive form. It's a way of asking for a soda, without specifying which one you actually want. This is usually followed by a brief discussion where the person asking for the "little fresh" is still forced to make a decision about which soda they actually would like to have.

"Kan ik iets te drinken inschenken?" "Ja, doe mij maar een frisje." "Oké, we hebben cola, fanta, rivella..." "Doe maar cola."

"Can I pour you something to drink?" "Yes, you can do me a little fresh." "Okay, we have coke, fanta, rivella..." "Do me a coke then."

Romanian Romania and Moldova

cf

Abbreviation USED Very frequently BY Everyone

Internet slang abbreviation for "ce faci?", meaning "what are you doing?"

"Salut! Cf azi?"

"Hi! What are you doing today?"

Spanish Spain

🙈

Emoji USED Very frequently BY Teenage Girls

It means something is very cute. The word for that is "mono", which happens to have "monkey" as its first meaning, hence the emoji.

"Te he comprado chuches." "Ayyy 🙈"

"I bought you candy." "Awww 🙈"

Tagalog Philippines

kati

Word USED Frequently BY Adults, Teens

(adjective) • Literally, it means "itchy", but it can also mean "horny" in certain contexts.

"Mukhang kating-kati ka ngayon ah."

"You look like you're really itchy right now."

Spanish Chile

bacán

Slang USED Very frequently BY Everyone

It is used to say something is cool.

"Oh, que bacán."

"Oh, how cool."

Spanish Spain

ni Periscope ni hostias

Reference USED On Occasion BY Teens

(neither Periscope nor hosts) • Reference to a video gone viral in 2016 in which a mom catches her daughter using Periscope, a livestreaming platform, and starts scolding her without turning the camera off so that the whole audience was able to witness the scene. Currently used to mean that someone shouldn't find an excuse for their bad behavior.

"Ni Periscope ni hostias, quemadísima me tienes."

"Neither Periscope nor hosts, you have me furious."