μπελάς
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish بلا (belâ), from Arabic بَلَاء (balāʔ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
μπελάς • (belás) m (plural μπελάδες)
- (colloquial) trouble, bother (difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation)
- Θα έχεις μπελάδες με την μάνα σου αν το κάνεις.
- Tha écheis beládes me tin mána sou an to káneis.
- You'll have trouble with your mother if you do it.
- Όλο μπελάδες μας φέρνει αυτός ο άνθρωπος!
- Ólo beládes mas férnei aftós o ánthropos!
- That man brings us nothing but trouble!
- βρίσκω τον μπελά μου
- vrísko ton belá mou
- to catch it, to get the rap for
- (colloquial, by extension) nuisance, pain (person causing annoyance or inconvenience)
- Τι μπελάς είναι αυτό το παιδί!
- Ti belás eínai aftó to paidí!
- What a nuisance that child is!
Declension edit
Declension of μπελάς
Synonyms edit
- (trouble, bother): φασαρία f (fasaría), ανησυχία f (anisychía), ενόχληση f (enóchlisi), στενοχώρια f (stenochória)
Derived terms edit
- μπελαλήδικος (belalídikos, “annoying, cumbersome”) (adjective)
- μπελαλής m (belalís, “pest, nuisance”)
- μπελαλίδισσα f (belalídissa, “pest, nuisance”)
- μπελαλού f (belaloú, “pest, nuisance”)
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