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-squaremessage-square326fedilinkarrow-up1472arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1460arrow-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-square326fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBorgDrone@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up18·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.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 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.