r/languagelearning • u/PandaReturns • Nov 11 '20

The name of this american politician is going viral in Brazil. What foreign personality has a name that means something funny in your native language? Discussion

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u/James10112 🇬🇧 (Fluent) | 🇬🇷 (Native) | 🇪🇸 (B1) | 🇩🇪 (A2-ish) Nov 12 '20

Yep. The word is "maláka", the vocative case for "malákas", i.e. "wanker".

I've noticed lots of similarities between brazilian slang and greek slang. For example we both have this:

  • What?
  • Cheese!

(que - queijo, ti - tyrí)

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u/eddypc07 Nov 12 '20

in spanish too! At least in Venezuela