ALECK

  

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ALECK

Modern Translation: ALECK

Language Translations for "ALECK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

njeri i sigurt në vetvete (self-reliant, smart aleck), i zgjuari i dynjasë (smart aleck, smartass). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏شخص مغرور (peacock, rooster, smart aleck). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

хитрец (coon, dodger, file, operator, shuffler, slicker, slyboots, smart aleck, smarty), всезнайко (know all, smart aleck, smarty, smarty-pants, wise guy, wiseacre). (various references)

   

Czech

  

rozumbrada (smart aleck), chytrák (clever dick, smart aleck). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rikkiviisas (smart, smart Aleck, too clever). (various references)

   

French

  

gros malin (smart aleck), bêcheur (smart aleck). (various references)

   

German

  

Schlauberger (smart aleck). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

άλεκοσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ימרן (ambitious, claimant, pretender, smart aleck), שחצן (arrogant, boastful, conceited, haughty, overbearing, popinjay, presumptuous, smart aleck, snob, snooty, whippersnapper), חכם בלילה (smart aleck, wiseacre). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

okostóni (know-it-all, smart aleck, smart arse, smart ass, smart guy, smartarse, smartass, smarty pants, wiseguy), okoskodó ember (pedant, smart arse), okoskodó (smarty), okos tojás (smart aleck), nagyokos (smart arse), kisokos (smarty), ügyeletes zseni (smart aleck, smart arse, smart ass, smart boots, smart guy, smartarse, smarty pants), észkombájn (smart aleck, smart arse, smart ass, smart guy, smartarse, smartass, smarty pants, wiseguy). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

badut-badutan (be a smart aleck). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sapientone (know all, know-it-all, smart aleck, wise guy, wiseacre). (various references)

   

Manx

  

Alister (Alexander), Alistair (Alexander). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aleckay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

sabichão (smart aleck). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

умник (nerd, wiseacre), самоуверенный человек (smart aleck), самоуверенный наглец (smart aleck), хлыщ (dude), нахал (cool fish, insolent beggar, jackanapes, saucebox, smart aleck). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ohola osoba (smart aleck, squirt). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sabelotodo (know all, smart aleck, smart ass, smarty). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

viktigpetter (bighead, cockalorum, smart aleck, smarty-pants, turkey cock). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ukalâ dümbeleği (know-it-all, smart aleck), ukalâ (bumptious, cavalier, clever dick, highbrow, know-it-all, pedant, pedantic, prig, priggish, sapient, smart, smart aleck, smarty, snappish, wise, wise guy), bilmiş (know-it-all, sapient, smart aleck, smarty, wise guy, wiseacre, worldly wise), çokbilmiş (know-it-all, smart aleck, smarty, wiseacre). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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