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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

العربية نقانق هراء
Bosanski bajer kaše
Català mortadel·la
Čeština blbost nesmysl
Deutsch Fleischwurst Käse Lyoner Mortadella Quargel Quark Quatsch Schwachsinn Unsinn
Ελληνικά αερολογία αερολογίες αιθερολογία πάριζα φούμαρο
English Baloney joke nonsense
Español chorrada chuminada farfolla inventos mortadela tonterías
Suomi lauantaimakkara roskapuhe
Français baloney
Hrvatski bajer kaše
Magyar párizsi
Italiano fesseria idiozia mortadella sciocchezza stupidaggine
한국어 헛소리
Kurdî bajêr kase
Latina gerrae
Nederlands nonsens onzin
Polski bajda bajer nonsens
Português mortadela
Русский колбасня
Српски bajer 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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See also

nugam nugarum nugas nugator nugatore nugatorem

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