wendyz@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoDoes your language have animal slangs?message-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareDoes your language have animal slangs?wendyz@piefed.social to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square58linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareguillem@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoCatalan has sheep to mean slut. Woodworm for somebody that pesters or annoys insistently. Ferret for a sly person. A rat, contrary to other languages where it’s a traitor, is more used for stingy people.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-27 days agoRata i curcó sí, però les altres dues ara no hi caic. Edit: marrana, ara hi he caigut. Em falta l’altra.
minus-squareguillem@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoPècora, from mala pècora, a sheep that goes astray from the herd. And fura :)
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 days agoI’ve never used pècora in that sense, only to mean bad person, more like bitch.
Catalan has sheep to mean slut. Woodworm for somebody that pesters or annoys insistently. Ferret for a sly person. A rat, contrary to other languages where it’s a traitor, is more used for stingy people.
Rata i curcó sí, però les altres dues ara no hi caic.
Edit: marrana, ara hi he caigut. Em falta l’altra.
Pècora, from mala pècora, a sheep that goes astray from the herd. And fura :)
I’ve never used pècora in that sense, only to mean bad person, more like bitch.