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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbroncio
Native Script:tenere il broncio
Pronunciation / Transliteration: brontolo
"Non serve a nulla tenere il broncio."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment.
"He spent the entire evening sulking in his bedroom after losing the game."
- 1
A period of silent, resentful bad temper.
"She fell into a dark sulk and refused to speak to anyone."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The verb sulk originated in the late 18th century as a back-formation from sulky, which itself likely derives from the obsolete English adjective 'solk' or an alteration of Middle English words related to being solitary. It evolved to describe the silent, morose manifestation of bad temper or resentment.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sulk" is said worldwide
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bouder
Transliteration: bude
"Il passe son temps à bouder dans sa chambre."
schmollen
Transliteration: shmollen
"Er sitzt in seinem Zimmer und schmollt."
broncio
Transliteration: brontolo
Script: tenere il broncio
"Non serve a nulla tenere il broncio."
amurrarse
Transliteration: amurrarse
"Se fue a su cuarto a amurrarse."
amuar
Transliteration: amuar
"Ele ficou a amuar o resto do dia."
रूठना
Transliteration: roothna
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"वह बात-बात पर रूठ जाती है।"
生闷气
Transliteration: shēng mèn qì
Script: 中文汉字
"他因为输了比赛而在房间里生闷气。"
토라지다
Transliteration: torajida
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 작은 일에도 쉽게 토라지곤 한다."
すねる
Transliteration: suneru
Script: 日本語
"彼は部屋の隅でずっとすねている。"
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