@vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 10 months agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-square370fedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1473arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?@vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 10 months agomessage-square370fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@BorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilink18•edit-210 months agoI also quite like the word ‘droeftoeter’, meaning a sad/depressing person. The closest thing would be the word ‘loser’ in English.
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minus-square@Akasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilink5•10 months ago‘Sad trombone’ would be an apt translation, as the sound of refers to is exactly like the meaning of the insult.
I also quite like the word ‘droeftoeter’, meaning a sad/depressing person. The closest thing would be the word ‘loser’ in English.
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‘Sad trombone’ would be an apt translation, as the sound of refers to is exactly like the meaning of the insult.