🇧🇪 Belgium
French slang from Belgium · 68 phrases
- septante / nonanteseventy / ninety
- une foisjust, a sec (softener)
- savoir (= pouvoir)can, to be able to
- s'il vous plaîthere you go
- dikkenekshow-off, loudmouth
- brolmess, junk
- kotstudent room
- guindaillestudent party, boozy night
- drachedownpour
- barakitrashy person, lowlife
- non, peut-êtreyes, of course!
- GSMmobile phone
- à tantôtsee you later
- tofgreat, cool
- avoir bonto have a good time
- les sousmoney, cash
- Bancontactpaying by bank card (Belgium’s card network)
- rapiatstingy
- être fauchéto be broke
- une ristournea discount
- c’est cadeauit's on me, free
- une mitraillettebaguette stuffed with meat, fries and sauce
- sauce andalousemayo with tomato and peppers, for fries
- un cuberdoncone-shaped raspberry sweet
- le dînerlunch (the midday meal)
- snulidiot, dope (Brussels)
- zievereerblabbermouth, someone talking nonsense
- zotcrazy, nuts
- kletidiot, numpty (Brussels)
- ballotfool, clot
- lourdannoying, a pain (of a person)
- kalfakkerlayabout, good-for-nothing (Brussels)
- un péketa shot of jenever (Liège gin)
- un baca crate of beer
- un TDstudent party ("thé dansant")
- le baptêmestudent initiation (weeks of rituals)
- le CarréLiège’s bar district
- être blindéto be hammered, very drunk
- bonne continuationall the best, keep it up (goodbye)
- allez, salutright, bye!
- daagbye! (from Dutch, in Brussels)
- bonne fin de journéehave a good rest of the day
- bien à vouskind regards (signing off an email)
- un tout grand mercia huge thank you
- avec plaisiryou're welcome (reply to thanks)
- ça va, fieu ?all right, mate? (Liège and Wallonia)
- à la prochainesee you next time
- chipoterto fiddle, to faff about; to be fussy
- être bleu deto be crazy about someone
- nareuxsqueamish about sharing food or drinks
- être dans les patatesto be confused, all at sea
- être mal pristo be in a fix, stuck
- faire du boudinto sulk
- c’est binnendone, sorted, in the bag (Brussels)
- avoir le cafardto feel down, to have the blues
- en avoir marreto be fed up
- un koteura student living in a "kot" (student room)
- un zinnekea true Bruxellois; a mixed-breed dog
- m’fison, buddy (Liège)
- taper la carteto play cards (with friends at the café)
- au noiroff the books, cash in hand
- les allocsbenefits (family or unemployment)
- le chômageunemployment (and the benefit)
- indépendantself-employed
- un intérima temp job
- les congés du bâtimentthe builders’ holiday (three weeks in July)
- un job d’étudianta student job (on a special contract)
- presterto work, to put in (hours)
Songs from Belgium
- Papaoutai · StromaeLevel A2
- Bruxelles je t'aime · AngèleLevel A2
- Alors on danse · StromaeLevel B1
- Santé · StromaeLevel B1
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