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Flemish to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | Flemish term or phrase: broekventje | | I was called this in a conversation with a Belgian friend - any idea of the translation? |
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Een broekventje kan meerdere betekenissen hebben, afhankelijk van de context. Als een volwassene een broekventje wordt genoemd, kan het zijn dat hij zich kinderachtig (als een peuter of kleuter) gedraagt; het is ook vaak spottend bedoeld. Geef eens wat meer context... Wat had je gedaan of gezegd? Het kan ook gewoon plagend bedoeld zijn en is zeker geen sterke belediging.
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"Broekventje" has different meanings, depending on the context. If an adult is called "broekventje", he might have been acting as a child (a toddler); it often meant as a joke. Maybe you can provide us more context... What did you do or say? Maybe they were just teasing you. It definitely isn't a big insult or something like that...
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