Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2013/February

This is the February archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2013.

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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
ātlauhyoh noun a place full of ravines or cliffs
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
шпионома́ния • (špionománija) f., noun spy mania, spy fever (paranoia about spies, fearmongering about the threat of foreign spies)
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
rupsahtaa verb to lose one's beauty or handsomeness, especially regarding the shape and firmness of body
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Foreign word of the day  in Ligurian
mogógno m. noun mumbling (inaudible or unintelligible speech) rambling (long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction)
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
alaaf interjection A greeting used during carnaval.
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
lupo di mare m., noun seadog, old salt (an experienced sailor, literally "sea wolf")
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Foreign word of the day  in Mandarin
恭喜發財 (Pinyin: gōngxǐ fācái, simplified: 恭喜发财 (gōngxǐ fācái)) phrase Happy New Year (congratulations and best wishes for a prosperous New Year)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
morrer na praia verb (idiomatic) To fail after trying hard and almost succeeding. Literally: “to die on the beach.”
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Foreign word of the day  in Emilian
råtta f., noun the failure of a dam or dyke a sea route an open passage in the snow
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Foreign word of the day  in Serbo-Croatian
čeljáde or чеља́де n., noun human being, man, person (generally either male or female, adult or child) member of household (archaic) servant
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
باغ • (bâğ) noun garden, orchard, bagh
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
esgatinyar-se verb to fight mutually using scratches, in the manner of cats (figuratively) to have a catfight
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Kurzweil f., noun (dated) amusement, diversion, pastime (light pleasant entertainment)
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
pekoral f., noun A text written in a grandiloquent or pompous style but lacking literary quality, thus making it seem overly pretentious or ridiculous.
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Foreign word of the day  in Romagnol
fjór f., noun flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Galician-Portuguese
lediça f., noun Great joy; pleasure.
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
basamento m., noun the base of a column or another structure
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Foreign word of the day  in Ligurian
Confeugo m., proper noun A traditional Genoese event, occurring in the last Sunday before Christmas, in which the abbot and the political leaders of Genoa exchange greetings, and laurel logs and branches are burned in a public bonfire
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
nem que a vaca tussa adverb (idiomatic) Definitely not; by no means; not in a million years. Literally: not even if the cow coughs.
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Blitzeis n., noun A coating of ice, caused by a downpour of freezing rain, that forms rapidly on exposed surfaces; black ice.
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Foreign word of the day  in Emilian
sâs m., noun rock (aggregate of solid mineral)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
chenapan m., noun rogue, rascal, scoundrel
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