ta da!

i found these odd phrases the other day when i was looking things up. these are things that don't translate directly or that we don't have an exact word or phrase for in our language. i picked my favourites to share with you.


Tartle - Scottish: to hesitate when you are introducing someone whose name you can't quite remember.

i'm going to start using this one. "oops i tartled, sorry i'm bad with names..."

Shvitzer - Yiddish: someone who sweats a lot, especially a nervous seducer.

now i want to have a nervous seducer just so i can call him a shvitzer.


Dona - Yamana, Chile: to take lice from a person's head and squash between one's teeth.

gross.

Creerse La Ultima Coca-COLA EN EL DESIERTO - Central American Spanish: to have a very high opinion of oneself, literally to "think one is the last Coca-Cola in the desert".

i just thought this one was funny.


Du Kannst Mir Gern Den Buckel Runterrutschen Und Mit Der Zunge Bremsen - Austrian German: abusive insult, literally "you can slide down my hunchback using your tongue as a brake".

rude!


Vai A Fava - Portuguese: get lost, literally "go to the fava bean".

i'm totally adopting this one too. "whatever, why don't you go to the fava bean."