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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbabaca
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ba-ba-ka
"Não seja babaca."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An obnoxious, foolish, or contemptible person.
"He acted like a total dickwad at the party and ruined the mood for everyone." - 2
An annoying or aggressively unpleasant individual.
"Tell that dickwad to move his car out of our driveway."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
A compound slang term originating in late 20th-century American English, combining the vulgar slang term 'dick' (referring to the penis or used as a general insult) and 'wad' (referring to a wad of material or semen). Emerging in the 1970s or 1980s, it developed as a pejorative descriptor for an obnoxious or contemptible person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dickwad" is said worldwide
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connard
Transliteration: ko-nar
"Quel connard celui-là."
Arschloch
Transliteration: arsh-loh
"Was für ein Arschloch."
stronzo
Transliteration: stron-tso
"Quello è proprio uno stronzo."
imbécil
Transliteration: im-be-sil
"Ese imbécil me cortó el paso."
babaca
Transliteration: ba-ba-ka
"Não seja babaca."
हरामी
Transliteration: haraami
"वह एक नंबर का हरामी है।"
混蛋
Transliteration: hún dàn
"别听那个混蛋胡说。"
새끼
Transliteration: saek-ki
"저기 저 재수 없는 새끼를 봐."
嫌な奴
Transliteration: iya na yatsu
"あいつは本当に嫌な奴だ。"
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