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-square134fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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-square134fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSalame Yes that’s right, it means salami and in spanish it’s used to call someone an idiot. Soft insult, but I use it, and saying so and so is a salami in english would only get me weird looks.
minus-squarerandomaccount43543@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoSeems to be used in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Being from Spain, I’ve never heard Salami being used as an insult. https://dle.rae.es/salame#
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoEnglish has https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammon_(insult)
Salame
Yes that’s right, it means salami and in spanish it’s used to call someone an idiot. Soft insult, but I use it, and saying so and so is a salami in english would only get me weird looks.
Seems to be used in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Being from Spain, I’ve never heard Salami being used as an insult.
https://dle.rae.es/salame#
English has https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammon_(insult)