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μαλάκας

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Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μαλάκα (maláka, masturbation), from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, soft), for which the sense of an unethical or depraved person is attested as early as Herodotus's time.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈlakas/
  • Hyphenation: μα‧λά‧κας
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Noun

μαλάκας (malákas) m (plural μαλάκες, feminine μαλάκω)

  1. (colloquial, vulgar, literally) wanker, tosser (person who is masturbating, a masturbator)
    Ρε τον μαλάκα, τον έπιασα να τον παίζει!
    Re ton maláka, ton épiasa na ton paízei!
    The wanker, I caught him rubbing one out!
  2. (colloquial, offensive, figuratively) wanker, knobhead, asshole, jerk, prick (general term of abuse for a male)
    Τι να πει κανείς, είναι σκέτος μαλάκας ο τύπος.
    Ti na pei kaneís, eínai skétos malákas o týpos.
    What can you say? The guy is a total wanker.
  3. (colloquial, informal) dude, man, bro (term of endearment between friends (primarily male friends))
    Ρε μαλάκες, δεν πάμε για καμιά μπίρα;
    Re malákes, den páme gia kamiá bíra?
    Hey guys, why don't we go for a beer?

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • μαλακία f (malakía, wanking, jerking off, nonsense saying)
  • μαλακιστήρι n (malakistíri, wanker, jerk) (usually a young one)
  • μαλακίζομαι (malakízomai, to wank, to jerk off, to waste my time with nonsense)
  • μαλακισμένος (malakisménos, stupid, idiotic)

See also

Malakas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

μαλάκας (malákas) f

  1. genitive singular of μαλάκα (maláka)
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