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Pimple

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈpɪmp(ə)l

Definitions

An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
An annoying person.
slang
Scotch (whisky)
Cockney, slang

Equivalents

Españolbarrillo barrito barrochupo comedón blanco comedón cerrado espinilla grano granujo pendejo

FrançaisBouton casse-couilles pustule

DeutschFinne Oas Pickel

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العربيةالبثرة بثرة سعفة

Беларускаявугор

བོད་སྐད།ཐོར་པ

Bosanskibola buba bubuljicagrano prišt pute vrijed бубуљица пришт

Catalàbua buba

Češtinabeďar jebák papulapupínek uher vřídek

Cymraegpigodyn ploryn tosyn

Danskbums

Ελληνικάσπυράκι σπυρί

Esperantoaknero akno

Eestivistrik

Euskaraoilaur

فارسیجوش

Suomifinni märkänäppylä näppynäppylä

Gaeilgegoirín

Gàidhligbuilgean pluc

Galegoampola bocha espiñagran

עבריתפִּצְעוֹן

हिन्दीफफोला फुड़िया फुंसीफोड़ा स्फोटिका

Hrvatskibola buba bubuljicagrano prišt pute vrijed бубуљица пришт

Magyarpattanás

Հայերենպզուկ

Bahasa Indonesiajerawat

Íslenskabola graftarbóla nabbi

Italianobrufolo foruncolo pustolapustoletta

日本語はれもの丘疹吹き出物腫れ物面皰

ქართულიმუწუკი

ភាសាខ្មែរមុន

한국어여드름

Kurdîcoş gran pûte

Кыргызчаысык

Latinapapilla papula pustulavarus

Lingálambolo

Latviešupūte

Te Reo Māorihuahua kiritona

Македонскимозол

മലയാളംകുരു

Монголбатга

မြန်မာဝက်ခြံ

Nederlandsellendeling etter puistpuistenkop pukkel

Polskifąfel franca krostapryszcz syf syfek wyprysk wyrzut

Portuguêsborbulha espinha

Românăcoș

Русскийнегодяй папула прыщпрыщик пупырышек угорь

Slovenčinapupienok

Shqippuçërr

Српскиbola buba bubuljicagrano prišt pute vrijed бубуљица пришт

Svenskafinne kvissla plita

ไทยสิว เม็ด ไฝ

Tagalogtagihawat

Türkçesivilce sızanak

Українськавугор прищ

Tiếng Việtmun mụn nhọt

Examples

“I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip ⟳ of my nose.”

“He's such a pimple! I wish ⟳ he'd stop ⟳ being so irritating!”

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Mastery
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