Literal translations of idioms and slang from other languages
into English are hilarious!Here are some examples.
🇪🇬 قشطه = literally means “cream”
It can mean okay, let’s do it, cool
🇲🇽!A Huevo ¡ = literally means “to egg” 🍳
It can mean heck yes! Yes, for sure
Also, literally translating English slang into other languages can be funny as well!
For example “cheesy” 🧀 literally is like cheese, but is used to mean silly, cliche , painful to watch. Usually used for movies.
An example in Arabic, Spanish and Turkish
“That movie was cheesy”!
esa pelicula era como queso
كان ذلك الفيلم مثل الجبن
o film peynir gibiydi
Please give us your examples of funny slang translations in the comments!
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