Foreign word of the day in Arabic
كَامِخ / كَامَخ • (kāmiḵ / kāmaḵ) noun a kind of sauce or pickle made of vinegar and sour milk
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Foreign word of the day in Spanish
estrafalario adjective outlandish, oddball shabby, slovenly
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Foreign word of the day in Czech
ještě tahat kačera phrase (colloquial) to still be a small child (refers to the time long ago, when one was still a small child, often in contrast to somebody else who was already adult and experienced in the given time) (literally, “still be pulling a toy duck”)
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Foreign word of the day in Finnish
Siperia opettaa proverb one learns the hard way once bitten, twice shy (literally, “Siberia teaches”)
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Foreign word of the day in Dutch
de dood of de gladiolen phrase all or nothing; do or die (used to indicate a win-or-lose situation with an uncertain outcome) (literally, “death or the gladioli”)
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Foreign word of the day in Chinese
不為五斗米折腰 / 不为五斗米折腰 (bù wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhéyāo) idiom to not compromise one's integrity just to earn a small salary in a dead-end job; to not sacrifice one's ideals in order to make a living (literally, “to not bow down for the sake of five pecks of rice”)
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Foreign word of the day in Latin
ab ovō ūsque ad māla adverb from the beginning to the end (literally, “from the egg to the apples”)
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Foreign word of the day in Indonesian
ada udang di balik batu proverb There is a concealed ulterior motive, especially in a person's words or in a seemingly generous offer or deal (literally, “there is a prawn behind the rock”).
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Foreign word of the day in Polish
kiełbasa wyborcza noun gifts, especially food, offered to the electorate to influence voting an unrealistic election promise, intended to gain votes a policy change with popular appeal announced shortly before the election to improve the chances of the incumbent party or candidate (literally, “election sausage”)
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Foreign word of the day in Hausa
tā̀kunkùmī noun muzzle embargo, economic blockade
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Foreign word of the day in Korean
까마귀 고기를 먹었나 • (kkamagwi gogireul meogeonna) idiom Used to criticize or tease someone for forgetting something (literally, “did [you/he/she/they] eat crow meat”, cf. eat crow).
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Foreign word of the day in Danish
splitte mine bramsejl interjection, adverb (interjection) Generic exclamation associated with pirate stereotypes: shiver me timbers. (adverb) Intensifier associated with pirate stereotypes.
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Foreign word of the day in Russian
гла́сный • (glásnyj) adjective, noun (noun, relational adjective, phonetics) vowel (adjective) public, open (historical) town councillor (member of the city duma)
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Foreign word of the day in Vietnamese
buồn adjective, verb (adjective) sad (adjective, different etymology) ticklish (when stroked) (verb, in fixed expressions) to have a strong need to do something (verb) to feel an itch (to do something); to feel like
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Foreign word of the day in Hindi
लफ़ंगा • (lafaṅgā) noun base person, degenerate braggart, boaster
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Foreign word of the day in Old English
nosþȳrel noun a nostril (literally, “nose hole”)
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Foreign word of the day in Italian
sgominare verb (transitive) to defeat, overcome, vanquish (transitive) to rout (transitive, archaic) to mess up
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Foreign word of the day in Persian
رواج • (ravâj) noun prevalence, popularity spread, propagation
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Foreign word of the day in Vietnamese
chủng ngừa verb to inoculate
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Foreign word of the day in Hungarian
tehetség noun talent (marked natural ability or skill) talent (talented person) (archaic, dialectal) financial capacity, means
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Foreign word of the day in French
pense-bête noun (informal) reminder post-it note
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Foreign word of the day in Chinese
賞月 / 赏月 (shǎngyuè) verb to view the moon; to enjoy the moon
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Foreign word of the day in German
Stehaufmännchen noun roly-poly (toy that rights itself when pushed over) (figurative) someone who easily recovers from setbacks
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Foreign word of the day in Yoruba
ọkàn noun heart (organ) mind, psychological heart bravery thought
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Foreign word of the day in Japanese
狸寝入り • (tanukineiri) noun feigning sleep; playing possum
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Foreign word of the day in Ancient Greek
ᾱ̔λῐ́ζω • (halízō) verb (transitive) To gather, assemble, meet, collect (transitive, Attic, Koine) To make salty; to salt
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Foreign word of the day in Hungarian
kukac noun maggot (soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect) (Internet) at sign, at (the symbol @)
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Foreign word of the day in Portuguese
la garantia soy yo phrase (Brazil, humorous) you will have to take my word (Brazil, sarcastic) implies that someone who is demanding trust cannot be trusted or depended on; source: trust me bro
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Foreign word of the day in Thai
อม • (om) verb to hold in the mouth (for various purposes, such as for letting the thing held dissolve in the mouth or for sucking that thing). (slang) to hold inside; to keep within; to avoid showing or expressing. (slang, of a feeling, emotion, condition, etc., especially an unfavourable one) to experience; to undergo; to be consumed (by). (slang) to appropriate; to embezzle. to mix; to contain a mixture (of).
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