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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesゴマをすう
Native Script:ごまをすう
Pronunciation / Transliteration: goma o suu
"彼は上司に取り入るために熱心にゴマをすっている。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To talk with someone in a friendly and persuasive way, often to gain an advantage or make business connections.
"He spent the entire evening at the gala trying to schmooze the senior executives."
- 1
A friendly, chatty conversation held usually for personal or professional advancement.
"After a brief schmooze in the lobby, they finally sat down to negotiate the contract."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Yiddish word shmuesn, meaning to converse or chat, which itself traces back to Hebrew shmu'os, meaning news or rumors. It entered American English slang via Jewish immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, gradually shifting from casual chatting to strategic networking and flattering.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Schmooze" is said worldwide
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papoter
Transliteration: /pa.pɔ.te/
"Il passe son temps à papoter avec les clients importants."
schleimen
Transliteration: /ˈʃlaɪ̯mən/
"Er versucht immer sich bei den Vorgesetzten einzuschleimen."
adescare
Transliteration: /a.deˈska.re/
"Cerca di adulare tutti per fare carriera."
adular
Transliteration: /a.duˈlaɾ/
"Suele adular a sus jefes para conseguir mejores puestos."
puxar o saco
Transliteration: /puˈʃaɾ u ˈsa.ku/
"Ele sabe como puxar o saco da diretoria."
चापलूसी करना
Transliteration: chaaploosi karna
"वह पदोन्नति पाने के लिए वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों की चापलूसी कर रहा है।"
套近乎
Transliteration: tào jìnhū
"他在晚会上四处走动，跟老板套近乎。"
비위를 맞추다
Transliteration: biwireul matchuda
"그는 상사의 비위를 맞추며 환심을 사려고 했다."
ゴマをすう
Transliteration: goma o suu
Script: ごまをすう
"彼は上司に取り入るために熱心にゴマをすっている。"
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