buaya darat
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of buaya (“crocodile”) + darat (“land”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
buaya darat (first-person possessive buaya daratku, second-person possessive buaya daratmu, third-person possessive buaya daratnya)
- (figurative, slang) playboy, womanizer
- (figurative, slang) bad guy, scoundrel
- Synonym: penjahat
Further reading edit
- “buaya darat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.