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09:11 Sep 6, 2001 |
English to French translations [PRO] | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Bram Poldervaart Local time: 12:58 | ||||||
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na +3 | un petit merdeux |
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na +1 | quelle espèce d'adolescent(e) minable / méprisable ! |
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na | sac à ragots |
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na | petit con d'ado |
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na | salaud! |
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sac à ragots Explanation: if it is someone bad-mouthed, spreading rumors, using oscene or dirty language |
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The asker has declined this answer Comment: "dirtbag" in my view is not mainly about bag language |
petit con d'ado Explanation: ... I'm trying not to be too foul-mouthed. Obviously it's not the most flattering of expressions. |
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quelle espèce d'adolescent(e) minable / méprisable ! Explanation: Dirtbag or dirtball : WWWII armed forces, a garbage collector; by 1970, a dispicable person, a filthy lout; medical by 1990, a dirty, smelly patient brought into the emergency room off the street Source : Dictionary of American Slang, Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D. with Barbara Ann Kipfer, PH.D. *** Dictionnaire bilingue de l'argot d'aujourd'hui, Langues pour tous dirtbag : individu méprisable, fumier, ordure, raclure J'espère que cela vous éclairera là-dessus sans équivoque ! |
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The asker has declined this answer Comment: way too elegant |
un petit merdeux Explanation: or 'un sale petit con' these are the colloquial expressions in French to define teenage dirtbag. You need not add 'ado' or adolescent because it is that age group anyway |
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