vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square371fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square371fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-21 year agoI also quite like the word ‘droeftoeter’, meaning a sad/depressing person. The closest thing would be the word ‘loser’ in English.
minus-squareSkull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoDamn, that’s a good one, can’t believe i missed it! For context: pronounced “drooftooter” in English, literally means “sadness trumpet”.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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.
Damn, that’s a good one, can’t believe i missed it!
For context: pronounced “drooftooter” in English, literally means “sadness trumpet”.
‘Sad trombone’ would be an apt translation, as the sound of refers to is exactly like the meaning of the insult.