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Meaning of nūgae | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈnuː.ɡae̯]

Definitions

  1. jokes, jests
    declension-1
  2. trifles
    declension-1
  3. worthless people
    declension-1
  4. Equivalent to 'nonsense': Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning.

Equivalents

Bosanski kaše
Català mortadel·la
Čeština blbost nesmysl
Ελληνικά αερολογίες
Français baloney
Hrvatski kaše
Magyar párizsi
Kurdî kase
Latina gerrae
Nederlands nonsens onzin
Polski nonsens
Português mortadela
Русский колбасня
Српски kaše

Examples

“Nōlī nūgās prōferre!”
“Corneli, tibi: namque tu solebas / meas esse aliquid putare nugas”

To you, Cornelius: since you used to regard my trifles to be something

CEFR level

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

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