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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesgoujat
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɡuʒa
"Il s'est comporté comme un vrai goujat."
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An uncouth, boorish, or aggressively loud person, typically associated with lower-class stereotypes in colloquial German-influenced slang.
"He acted like an absolute proll at the party, shouting and picking fights with strangers."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed into English from German 'Proll', which originated as an abbreviation of 'Prolet' (proletarian). Historically used in German youth and colloquial culture to denote an uncouth, aggressive, or lower-class person, it has occasionally surfaced in English slang contexts with a similar pejorative connotation.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Proll" is said worldwide
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goujat
Transliteration: ɡuʒa
"Il s'est comporté comme un vrai goujat."
Proll
Transliteration: prol
"Er benahm sich mal wieder wie der letzte Proll."
cafone
Transliteration: kaˈfoːne
"Si è comportato da cafone con tutti."
patán
Transliteration: paˈtan
"No soporto a la gente tan patán."
povão
Transliteration: poˈvãw
"Ele agiu como um verdadeiro ignorante."
गँवार
Transliteration: ganwar
"वह पार्टी में बहुत गँवार की तरह पेश आया।"
粗鲁的人
Transliteration: cūlǔ de rén
"他在派对上表现得像个粗鲁的人。"
막되먹은 사람
"그는 파티에서 막되먹은 사람처럼 행동했다."
粗野な人
Transliteration: soya na hito
"彼はパーティーでとても粗野な振る舞いをした。"
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