guindaille
🇧🇪 French slang from Belgium
What does “guindaille” mean?
student party, boozy night
Example
“On a fait la guindaille jusqu'à 5 h.”
We partied until 5 a.m.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🎉 Going out
The textbook way to say it: une fête étudiante
Heard in a conversation
Saint-V night in Brussels
Nicolas Charlotte, c'est la Saint-V demain ! Tu viens à la guindaille ?
Charlotte, it's Saint-V tomorrow! Are you coming to the party?
Charlotte Non, peut-être ! J'ai déjà ma penne. Mais je dois d'abord finir mon travail pour lundi.
Of course! I've already got my student cap. But first I have to finish my paper for Monday.
🎉 How other countries say “a party”
- 🇫🇷 teufFrance
- 🇨🇦 partyQuébec · Masculine and said the English way: 'un gros party'.
More from Belgium
- tofgreat, cool
- avoir bonto have a good time
- 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
Songs from Belgium
- Papaoutai · StromaeLevel A2
- Bruxelles je t'aime · AngèleLevel A2
- Alors on danse · StromaeLevel B1
- Santé · StromaeLevel B1
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