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| 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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