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  2. Spanish profanity - Wikipedia

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    Conch. Concha (lit.: " mollusk shell" or "inner ear") is an offensive word for a woman's vulva or vagina (i.e. something akin to English cunt) in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico. In the rest of Latin America and Spain however, the word is only used with its literal meaning.

  3. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    Translation Notes a bene placito: from one well pleased: i.e., "at will" or "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure). a capite ad calcem: from head to heel: i.e., "from top to bottom", "all the way through", or "from head ...

  4. List of Puerto Rican slang words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    dura. Normally means “hard”, but in Puerto Rican slang means that someone is really good at what they do. [ 3] embustería. series of lies, something that is completely false, a "pack of lies" [ 15] ¡Fo! literally translates to "eww!" or "yuck!" it is often used as an exclamation in reaction to a bad smell.

  5. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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    Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3]

  6. List of English words of Persian origin - Wikipedia

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    This article should specify the language of its non-English content, using {}, {{transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and {} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriate ISO 639 code. Wikipedia's multilingual support templates may also be used - notably fa for Persian. See why. (September 2021)

  7. Güey - Wikipedia

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    Güey (Spanish pronunciation:; also spelled guey, wey or we) is a word in colloquial Mexican Spanish that is commonly used to refer to any person without using their name. . Though typically (and originally) applied only to males, it can also be used for females (although when using slang, women would more commonly refer to another woman as "chava" [young woman] or "vieja" [old lady])

  8. List of calques - Wikipedia

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    The calques manifest themselves as idioms and expressions and many have gone on to become clichés. However standalone words are very few. The following is a list of commonly used calque phrases/expressions.All of these are exact translations of the corresponding English phrases. Simha bhagam (സിംഹ ഭാഗം) lion's share.

  9. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    saltus in demonstrando. leap in explaining. a leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an equation is omitted. salus in arduis. a stronghold (or refuge) in difficulties. a Roman Silver Age maxim. Also the school motto of Wellingborough School . salus populi suprema lex esto. the welfare of the people is to be the highest law.