@vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-square465fedilinkarrow-up1485arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1473arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?@vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agomessage-square465fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareschmorplinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 years agoI’ve heard ‘caralho’ used to be the name for the lookout on top of a ship’s mast (later turned into yet another word for dick) and sailors were sent to duty on the caralho as punishment? I’m not Portuguese though, so if any native could confirm …
minus-squareCALIGVLAlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoThat’s what I’ve heard too, I don’t know how accurate that is though.
I’ve heard ‘caralho’ used to be the name for the lookout on top of a ship’s mast (later turned into yet another word for dick) and sailors were sent to duty on the caralho as punishment?
I’m not Portuguese though, so if any native could confirm …
That’s what I’ve heard too, I don’t know how accurate that is though.
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