English translation: swellhead (US), bighead (UK), stuck-up person | nutter, fruitcake, crackpot
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Greek term or phrase:
ψωνάρα
English translation:
swellhead (US), bighead (UK), stuck-up person | nutter, fruitcake, crackpot
When someone says for a person "την έχει ψωνίσει" , it means he is mentally absent, he is nuts (another way to express this is : του λασκάρισε η βίδα). However, always depending on the broader context "την έχει ψωνίσει" can mean that someone reacts illogically /takes illogical decisions.
Saying that someone is "ψώνιο" or "ψωνάρα" means that his acts and decisions are far away different compared to the ones a reasonable person takes; in that case, bighead (UK), swellhead (US), show-off, crackpot express the idea.
A friend, who returned from Greece recently, explained that ψωνάρα means (roughly) an empty-headed person, but then she modified this by saying that really it means a person who is mentally "absent". I'm really not sure which meaning is uppermost: bighead/swellhead, or mentally "not quite there".
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show-off
Explanation: He's a show-off.
Antonia Ker Local time: 04:29 Native speaker of: Greek
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