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Meaning of boelie | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈbu.li

Definitions

  1. bully
  2. Equivalent to 'Bully': A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power...

Equivalents

English Bully

Examples

“2000, Philip de Vos, Die Deng van Gauteng, Human & Rousseau (1996, Cape Town), quoted by Bruce Donaldson, Colloquial Afrikaans, page 74. 'n Stuitige man van Bethulie Was rêrig 'n vreeslike boelie, Hy kielie jou sommer So met sy komkommer, En sê dan dis nie bedoelie. A cheeky man from Bethulie Really was a terrible bully, Just like that he tickles you With his cucumber,”

And then says he didn't mean to.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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