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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesबकवास
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bakwaas
"यह सब बकवास है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Excrement; waste matter.
"Clean up that crap on the floor." - 2
Nonsense; rubbish.
"Don't listen to his crap."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'crappe' meaning chaff or residue, related to Medieval Latin 'crappa' (chaff) and Old French 'crappe'. The meaning evolved from weed or waste to specifically denote solid human waste and general rubbish or nonsense by the 19th century.
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merde
Transliteration: merde
"C'est du n'importe quoi, c'est de la merde."
Mist
Transliteration: Mist
"Red keinen Mist!"
cazzate
Transliteration: cazzate
"Non dire cazzate."
mierda
Transliteration: mierda
"No digas estupideces."
merda
Transliteration: merda
"Isso é uma grande merda."
बकवास
Transliteration: bakwaas
"यह सब बकवास है।"
废话
Transliteration: fèihuà
"别听他的废话。"
헛소리
Transliteration: heotsori
"그딴 헛소리 집어쳐."
クソ
Transliteration: kuso
"そんなクソみたいな話は信じない。"
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