a tease

Russian translation: кокетка

02:21 Sep 14, 2000

English to Russian translations [PRO]

English term or phrase: a tease

If someone could please assist me, am looking for a translation for the above term when used as "a female who jokes or flirts with a male in a friendly way"

Mike

Russian translation:кокетка

Explanation:
Наиболее близкое по смыслу русское слово. Вернее, конечно, изначально французское, но тем не менее верно отражающее необходимый смысл.
Вот и моя знакомая француженка подтверждает.. :-)

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кокетка

vab

кокетка

Gala Connell (X)

"штучка" "shtuchka"

Igor Chmyhun

1) забавная кокетка, задорная девчушка или 2) задира, приставала, надоеда

Guzel Nabatova-Barrett

see below

Dm_Ch (X)

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кокетка

vab
Local time: 11:14
PRO pts in pair: 16

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23 mins

кокетка

Explanation:
Koketka - this is normally the word used in this case in Russian (comes from French if I am not mistaken).

Reference: http://www.agama.com/cgi-bin/WINP/ozhegov.dll?Ozhegov=%EA%EE...

Gala Connell (X)
Local time: 10:14
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in pair: 10

26 mins

"штучка" "shtuchka"

Explanation:
I would say that it's rather colloquial, but the context and type of narration were not specified. The direct translation is "привлекательная и сооблазнительная особа", privlekatelnaya i sooblaznitelnaya, but it's too long and dreary, I think.

Igor Chmyhun
Ukraine
Local time: 12:14

4 hrs

1) забавная кокетка, задорная девчушка или 2) задира, приставала, надоеда

Explanation:
1) -positive connotaion, smb jokingly provocative, and playful; while the word "кокетка " alone ( without an attribute) would have a tint of disapproval in Russian (not in Frech, though) :-)
2) - negative connotaion, smb annoying, a nuisancce.
The choice depends on the attitude of the speaker and on the contextual environment.

Guzel Nabatova-Barrett
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in pair: 37

2 days 21 hrs

see below

Explanation:
Well, the only more or less appropriate noun will be 'koketka', which however may not be apprpriate in every context. But you can always change the noun into a verb, and find a whole bunch of good vocabulary: заигрывать(кстати, по-моему, очень близко к оригиналу), флиртовать, "клеить", приставать, соблазнять, охмурять, окручивать (в смысле, окрутить), завлекать, "обрабатывать", опутывать.

Dm_Ch (X)
Local time: 12:14
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in pair: 101

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