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Meaning of nuga | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

singular of nūgae (“jests, trifles”)

New-Latin, declension-1, form-of, singular

Equivalents

Bosanski šoder
Ελληνικά μαλακία
English malarkey
Français absurdité
Hrvatski šoder
Italiano balla cazzata fandonia senza senso
Português besteira bobeira disparate nuga rodela
Română nonsens
Русский чепуха́ чушь
Српски šoder

Examples

“[…] hac nuga, oblitus, non utitur ubi nobilior coeli pars illi sit sub zodiaco […]”

[…] he does not make use of this trifle—forgotten!—when the nobler part of the sky should be there under the zodiac […]

“Profecto enim magna est haec nuga.”

For this trifle is actually something great.

CEFR level

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

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