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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries馬鹿者
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bakamono
"そんな馬鹿者な真似をするな。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A foolish, stupid, or clumsy person.
"Stop acting like a jughead and pay attention to the road." - 2
A person with prominent ears or a large head.
"He was teased as a kid for being a jughead, but he grew into his features."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'jug' (referring to a pitcher or container, historically used metaphorically for the head) and 'head' in late 19th-century American English. Originally used to describe someone with a large or oddly shaped head resembling a jug, it evolved into a general colloquial term for a foolish or silly person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Jughead" is said worldwide
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imbécile
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.be.sil/
"Ne fais pas l'imbécile avec cette machine."
Dummkopf
Transliteration: /ˈdʊmˌkɔp͡f/
"Er hat sich wie ein Dummkopf benommen."
testadicavolo
Transliteration: /ˈtɛ.sta di kaˈvɔ.lo/
"Non fare il testadicavolo questa volta."
tonto
Transliteration: /ˈton.to/
"No seas tonto y ponte el cinturón de seguridad."
tolo
Transliteration: /ˈto.lu/
"Ele agiu como um tolo na reunião."
बेवकूफ
Transliteration: bevakoof
"ऐसे बेवकूफों की तरह मत करो।"
笨蛋
Transliteration: bèndàn
"别像个笨蛋一样把事情搞砸了。"
멍청이
Transliteration: meongcheong-i
"그는 늘 멍청이처럼 행동한다."
馬鹿者
Transliteration: bakamono
"そんな馬鹿者な真似をするな。"
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