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Pronunciation / Transliteration: buena gente
"Nos invitó a cenar a todos, es un tío de oro."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A thoroughly decent, generous, and trustworthy man.
"He paid for everyone's drinks at the pub; he's an absolute diamond geezer." - 2
A person who is exceptionally capable, genuine, or admirable in character.
"When my car broke down on the motorway, a diamond geezer stopped to help me fix it."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'diamond', signifying something of exceptional quality, brilliance, or genuineness, with 'geezer', a traditional British slang term for a man, originating in the 19th century possibly from dialectal variants of 'guiser' (mummer or actor). Emerging in British popular culture and Cockney parlance during the late 20th century, it describes an exceptionally reliable, generous, or admirable fellow.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Diamond geezer" is said worldwide
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brave type
Transliteration: brav type
Script: bon gars
"Il a réparé ma voiture gratuitement, c'est un vrai bon gars."
goldener Kerl
Transliteration: goldener Kerl
"Er hat uns allen geholfen, er ist ein goldener Kerl."
brava persona
Transliteration: brava persona
"Ci ha aiutato senza volere nulla in cambio, proprio una brava persona."
buena gente
Transliteration: buena gente
"Nos invitó a cenar a todos, es un tío de oro."
boa praça
Transliteration: boa praça
"Ele é um verdadeiro boa praça, sempre disposto a ajudar."
नेक इंसान
Transliteration: nek insaan
"वह बहुत ही नेक इंसान है, हमेशा दूसरों की मदद करता है।"
好人
Transliteration: hǎorén
"他帮了我们大忙，真是一个大好人。"
좋은 사람
Transliteration: joeun saram
"그는 정말 마음이 따뜻한 좋은 사람이다."
いい人
Transliteration: ii hito
"彼は本当に頼りになるいい人だ。"
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