In Spanish slang, “gringo” refers to a foreigner, usually someone from the United States. It’s like calling someone “Yankee.”
It’s believed “gringo” derives from the Spanish word “griego” (“Greek”), as in Spanish slang, “griego” can also refer to an incomprehensible language.
“Gringo” is mostly used in Latin America. Spaniards often call tourists “guiris.”
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Some ways to say “butt” in Spanish slang are:
- Culo (“butt” or “ass”)
- Trasero (“butt” or “backside”)
- Nalgas (“buttocks” or “backside”)
- Pompis (“bottom” or “behind”)
- Glúteos (“gluteus”)
- Pandero (“butt,” literally “tambourine”)
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Some text slang words are:
- LOL: “laugh out loud”
- LMAO: “laughing my ass off”
- IDK: “I don’t know”
- FYI: “for your information”
- FOMO: “fear of missing out”
- GOAT: “greatest of all time”
- TL;DR: “too long; didn’t read”
- AFK: “away from keyboard”
- PSA: “public service announcement”
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Some Jamaican slang words are:
- Irie: “All is well” or “I’m good”
- Ya mon: “Yes” or “Yeah, man”
- Wah gwaan: “What’s up?”
- Nuff respect: “Thanks” or “I appreciate it”
- Bredda: “brother”
- Sistren: “sister”
- Pickney: “children”
- Gyal: “girl”
- Bwoy: “boy”
- Criss: “good-looking” or “new”
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Some adjectives that start with N to describe a person include:
- Neighborly
- Nonchalant
- Nurturing
- Naive
- Narrow-minded
- Needy
- Nosy
- Noisy
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Some adjectives that start with M to describe a person include:
- Miserly
- Meddlesome
- Multitalented
- Meticulous
- Merciful
- Merry
- Moody
- Multinational
- Messy
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Some Korean loanwords are:
- 아파트 (romanized as a-pa-teu), “apartment”
- 케이크 (keaikeu), “cake”
- 메뉴 (menyu), “menu”
- 슈퍼 (syu-peo), “supermarket”
- 셀카 (selka), “selfie”
- 매니큐어 (mae-ni-kyueo), “manicure”
These are Korean loanwords from English, but Korean also has loanwords from Chinese, Japanese, and other languages.
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Some Japanese loanwords are:
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- マイク (transliterated as maiku), “microphone”
- スーパー (suupaa), “supermarket”
- ビル (biru), “building”
- イラスト (irasuto), “illustration”
- アルバイト (arubaito), “part-time job,” from the German word Arbeit
- ビール (bīru), “beer,” from the Dutch word bier
- パン (pan), “bread,” from the Portuguese word pão
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Some languages that Swahili has borrowed words from are Arabic, Portuguese, English, German, Hindi, and Urdu.
For example, the Swahili word for “book” is “kitabu,” from the Arabic “كتاب,” transliterated as “kitab.”
Swahili includes loanwords from these languages due to centuries of trade, colonization, and cultural exchange.
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A calque is a loan translation, or a word or phrase from one language that is translated literally into another language.
For example, the English word “skyscraper” becomes “rascacielos” in Spanish (“rasca” is “scrape” and “cielos” is “skies”).
Unlike loanwords, which are borrowed directly, calques are translated versions of the original expression.
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