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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbabaca
Pronunciation / Transliteration: babaka
"Ele agiu como um babaca."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A foolish, obnoxious, or contemptible person.
"I cannot believe I trusted that absolute shmuck with my money." - 2
A clumsy or hapless person; a jerk.
"Stop acting like a shmuck and apologize to her."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed into English in the late 19th or early 20th century from Yiddish 'shmok', meaning penis. Over time, the term underwent a semantic bleaching and generalization to refer pejoratively to an obnoxious, foolish, or contemptible person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Shmuck" is said worldwide
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cretin
Transliteration: krêtin
Script: crétin
"Il s'est comporté comme un vrai crétin."
Trottel
Transliteration: trotel
"Er ist ein echter Trottel."
cretino
Transliteration: kretiːno
"Non fare il cretino con me."
estúpido
Transliteration: estuβiðo
"No seas estúpido."
babaca
Transliteration: babaka
"Ele agiu como um babaca."
बेवकूफ़
Transliteration: bevkoof
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"वह एक नंबर का बेवकूफ़ है।"
笨蛋
Transliteration: bèndàn
Script: 中文汉字
"别像个笨蛋一样行事。"
멍청이
Transliteration: myeongcheong-i
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 진짜 멍청이처럼 행동했다."
愚か者
Transliteration: orokamono
Script: 日本語
"彼は本当の愚か者だ。"
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