Glossary entry (derived from question below)
română term or phrase:
a freca menta
engleză translation:
to slack/bum/loaf around/about
Added to glossary by
adami
Nov 4, 2012 13:08
11 yrs ago
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română term
Norvegia
Academic Translator
Native in: română 
, maghiară
Works in: din română în engleză, din maghiară în engleză, din suedeză în engleză
a freca menta
din română în engleză
Artă/Literatură
General/Conversaţie/Salutări/Scrisori
(argou)
a freca menta / mangalul / manganul expr. a fi leneș / puturos, a pierde timpul de pomană
multumesc pentru sugestii!
multumesc pentru sugestii!
Proposed translations
(engleză)
| 5 +3 | to slack/bum/loaf around/about |
adami
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Nov 18, 2012 09:56: adami Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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to slack/bum/loaf around/about
that is, any verb with any particle :)
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Note added at 7 hrs (2012-11-04 20:10:48 GMT)
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"Slack about" is frequent enough on the net, I would say, although it was never my intention to claim it is quite as frequent as the other two: https://www.google.ro/search?q="slack about"&ie=utf-8&oe=utf...
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Note added at 7 hrs (2012-11-04 20:10:48 GMT)
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"Slack about" is frequent enough on the net, I would say, although it was never my intention to claim it is quite as frequent as the other two: https://www.google.ro/search?q="slack about"&ie=utf-8&oe=utf...
Peer comment(s):
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Lara Barnett
: Not to "slack" - this is an adjective. To "slacken" means to get slower or lazier, but it needs to be used with another verb to explain what it refers to. To "bum" needs to be "to bum around"// "To slack" not often used like this is in this sense/regist
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Please check that "slack" is also a verb, although it is probably used more in AE. "bum about" is also frequent enough...
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Dan Dascalescu
: bum around, yeah
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Multumesc! :)
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TopTraduceri
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Multumesc!
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corina hancianu
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