γαμοσταυρίδια

Greek

Etymology

Related to γαμοσταυρίζω (gamostavrízo, “to eff and blind, to curse like a sailor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣamostavˈɾiðʝa/
• Hyphenation: γα‧μο‧σταυ‧ρί‧δια

Noun

γαμοσταυρίδια • (gamostavrídia) n pl

1. (colloquial, vulgar) effing and blinding, abuse, curses (forms of speech against someone deliberately intended to be rude)

   Ο πατέρας μου έριξε μερικά γαμοσταυρίδια όταν έπεσε το σφυρί στο πόδι του.

   O patéras mou érixe meriká gamostavrídia ótan épese to sfyrí sto pódi tou.

   My father cursed up a storm (literally:threw a few curses out) when the hammer fell on his foot.

Declension

  γαμοσταυρίδια

case     \     number	plural
nominative	γαμοσταυρίδια •
genitive	—
accusative	γαμοσταυρίδια •
vocative	γαμοσταυρίδια •

Synonyms

• βρισιά f (vrisiá, “insult, curse”)

Related terms

• γαμοσταυρίζω (gamostavrízo, “to eff and blind, to curse like a sailor”)