Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

This is our main forum. Here, anything related to languages and linguistics can be discussed.

Moderator:Forum Administrators

Linguaphile
Posts:5358
Joined:2016-09-17, 5:06
Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby Linguaphile » 2022-01-21, 20:29

(es-mx) itacate food, provisions
(es-mx) hacer el oso to make a fool of oneself, to look like an idiot

User avatar
linguoboy
Posts:25540
Joined:2009-08-25, 15:11
Real Name:Da
Location:Chicago
Country:USUnited States (United States)

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby linguoboy » 2022-01-22, 18:43

(de) Tonstich clay pit
"Richmond is a real scholar; Owen just learns languages because he can't bear not to know what other people are saying."--Margaret Lattimore on her two sons

User avatar
cHr0mChIk
Posts:441
Joined:2015-07-01, 11:46
Real Name:Ismail
Gender:male
Location:Serbia
Country:RSSerbia (Србија)

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby cHr0mChIk » 2022-01-23, 11:14

Urdu (ur) کاش kāsh I wish, if only
Speaks: English (en) Bosnian (bs) Serbian (sr) Romani (rom)

Learns: Arabic (ar) Urdu (ur) Pashto (ps)

vijayjohn
Language Forum Moderator
Posts:27056
Joined:2013-01-10, 8:49
Real Name:Vijay John
Gender:male
Location:Austin, Texas, USA
Country:USUnited States (United States)
Contact:

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby vijayjohn » 2022-01-25, 20:33

Persian (fa) دویدن davidan - to run
Honduran Spanish (es-HN) güirro - kid

User avatar
linguoboy
Posts:25540
Joined:2009-08-25, 15:11
Real Name:Da
Location:Chicago
Country:USUnited States (United States)

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby linguoboy » 2022-01-25, 22:13

(it) crucco Kraut
"Richmond is a real scholar; Owen just learns languages because he can't bear not to know what other people are saying."--Margaret Lattimore on her two sons

vijayjohn
Language Forum Moderator
Posts:27056
Joined:2013-01-10, 8:49
Real Name:Vijay John
Gender:male
Location:Austin, Texas, USA
Country:USUnited States (United States)
Contact:

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby vijayjohn » 2022-01-28, 18:37

Urdu (ur) گنجلک [ˈgʊnd͡ʒələk] - knot (supposedly of Persian origin, though I can't find such a word in Persian)

User avatar
linguoboy
Posts:25540
Joined:2009-08-25, 15:11
Real Name:Da
Location:Chicago
Country:USUnited States (United States)

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby linguoboy » 2022-01-28, 20:23

(ca) bufera breath capacity, breath (e.g. Li s'ha acabat la bufera "He's out of breath").
"Richmond is a real scholar; Owen just learns languages because he can't bear not to know what other people are saying."--Margaret Lattimore on her two sons

Linguaphile
Posts:5358
Joined:2016-09-17, 5:06

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby Linguaphile » 2022-01-31, 1:07

(ru) каморка small room, closet, den (borrowed into (et) as kamorka small dark room)
(ru) кукуруза corn, maize (borrowed into (et) as kukuruus, an older term for mais corn)
(ru) Кукурузник nickname for Nikita Khrushchev ((et) Kukuruusnik)

User avatar
Rí.na.dTeangacha
Posts:370
Joined:2020-12-31, 20:24
Gender:male
Location:Ceatharlach, Éire
Country:IEIreland (Éire / Ireland)

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby Rí.na.dTeangacha » 2022-02-07, 21:27

(pt-br) escancarado - public, manifest, patent
(pt-br) escrachado - obvious, clear
(pt-br)(ja) - Formerly Ciarán12

User avatar
Rí.na.dTeangacha
Posts:370
Joined:2020-12-31, 20:24
Gender:male
Location:Ceatharlach, Éire
Country:IEIreland (Éire / Ireland)

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby Rí.na.dTeangacha » 2022-02-16, 11:57

(pt-br) uma rinha
"Se refere ao ato de se confrontar diversos animais que são postos a brigar numa área delimitada, tais como as rinhas de galo e as rinhas de cães."
It refers to the act of animals (of various kinds) facing off to fight one another in a penned off area, such as cock fights or dog fights.

The word can also used to refer to humans fighting (here the common translation seems to be "death match").
(pt-br)(ja) - Formerly Ciarán12

User avatar
linguoboy
Posts:25540
Joined:2009-08-25, 15:11
Real Name:Da
Location:Chicago
Country:USUnited States (United States)

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby linguoboy » 2022-02-17, 16:47

(de) Tortenheber cake server
"Richmond is a real scholar; Owen just learns languages because he can't bear not to know what other people are saying."--Margaret Lattimore on her two sons

vijayjohn
Language Forum Moderator
Posts:27056
Joined:2013-01-10, 8:49
Real Name:Vijay John
Gender:male
Location:Austin, Texas, USA
Country:USUnited States (United States)
Contact:

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby vijayjohn » 2022-02-18, 19:09

Spanish (es) vergel - orchard

(Because Luís listed it earlier and while I know the word from the beginning of Pasodoble Islas Canarias, the old unofficial regional anthem of the Canary Islands that's basically a party song, I thought it meant something like virgen 'virgin' rather than 'orchard')

Linguaphile
Posts:5358
Joined:2016-09-17, 5:06

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby Linguaphile » 2022-02-19, 17:33

(es) alhaja jewel, gem

User avatar
TheStrayCat
Language Forum Moderator
Posts:2778
Joined:2010-12-23, 11:49
Real Name:Max
Gender:male
Location:Brooklyn, New York
Country:USUnited States (United States)
Contact:

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby TheStrayCat » 2022-02-19, 17:44

Today's word from the famous game.
[flag=]en[/flag] swill

Linguaphile
Posts:5358
Joined:2016-09-17, 5:06

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby Linguaphile » 2022-02-21, 17:02

(es-ES) infumable unacceptable, of poor quality
(literally: "unsmokable", originally referring to tobacco and then by extension to anything of unacceptable quality)

(es) tahúr gambler, especially: (1) one who is addicted to gambling; (2) one who is good at gambling; (3) one who cheats or deceives
(etymologically from an Old Armenian word for king, թագաւոր, brought into Spanish via Arabic)

Linguaphile
Posts:5358
Joined:2016-09-17, 5:06

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby Linguaphile » 2022-02-26, 1:55

(es) agachadiza snipe

User avatar
Rí.na.dTeangacha
Posts:370
Joined:2020-12-31, 20:24
Gender:male
Location:Ceatharlach, Éire
Country:IEIreland (Éire / Ireland)

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby Rí.na.dTeangacha » 2022-02-27, 10:36

(pt-br) quarar - to bleach (by exposure to sunlight)
(pt-br) ralhar - to chide, scold
(pt-br) pidonho - beseeching
(pt-br) um aprisco - a pen (for containing livestock)
(pt-br) um redil - synonym for aprisco above.
(pt-br) estar de picuinha com alguém - to talk ill of someone (behind their back)
(pt-br)(ja) - Formerly Ciarán12

User avatar
linguoboy
Posts:25540
Joined:2009-08-25, 15:11
Real Name:Da
Location:Chicago
Country:USUnited States (United States)

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby linguoboy » 2022-03-03, 19:54

(it) scorbacchiatura public shaming

The root is corbacchio, a pejorative augmentative of corbo/corvo "crow, raven". So now I have the mental image of someone being tormented by a murder of crows.
"Richmond is a real scholar; Owen just learns languages because he can't bear not to know what other people are saying."--Margaret Lattimore on her two sons

User avatar
Rí.na.dTeangacha
Posts:370
Joined:2020-12-31, 20:24
Gender:male
Location:Ceatharlach, Éire
Country:IEIreland (Éire / Ireland)

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby Rí.na.dTeangacha » 2022-03-08, 14:53

(pt-br) cruento / incruento - bloody / bloodless
(pt-br)(ja) - Formerly Ciarán12

User avatar
mōdgethanc
Posts:10890
Joined:2010-03-20, 5:27
Gender:male
Location:Toronto
Country:CACanada (Canada)

Re: Last word in a foreign language that you learnt 2

Postby mōdgethanc » 2022-03-08, 19:56

(fr) barda baggage, cargo
(fr-qc) barda mess, uproar

Don't think these are related.
[ˈmoːdjeðɑŋk]


Return to “General Language Forum”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 15 guests