1 | !!Commonly-Used Gratuitous Foreign Words |
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3 | [[AC:[[GratuitousFrench French]]]] |
4 | * '''Au revoir''': Meaning "goodbye". |
5 | * '''Bonjour''': Meaning "hello". |
6 | * '''C'est la vie''': Meaning, "It's life", and used when something doesn't go your way, in a similar way to "No use crying over spilled milk." |
7 | * '''Derriere''': Meaning "butt". |
8 | * '''Fromage''': Meaning "cheese". |
9 | * '''La''' or '''le''': Meaning "the" and commonly used to make things sound fancier. |
10 | * '''Moi''': Meaning "me". Often used by characters in a dismissive way, akin to "Who, me?". |
11 | * '''Parlez vous?''': Meaning "Do you speak?". |
12 | * '''Sacre bleu''': Stereotypical French exclamation. |
13 | * '''Sil vous plait?''': Meaning "please" in formal French. |
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15 | [[AC:[[GratuitousGerman German]]]] |
16 | * '''Danke''': Meaning "thank you". |
17 | * '''Gesundheit''': Literally meaning "good health", but used when somebody sneezes in a similar way to "bless you" in English. We have [[{{Gesundheit}} a trope named after it]] for when a character mistakes an unfamiliar word for a sneeze. |
18 | * '''Nein''': Meaning "no". |
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20 | [[AC:[[GratuitousGreek Greek]]]] |
21 | * Any of the letters, used to rank things. "Iota" also means "a small amount". |
22 | * '''Eureka''': Literally means "I found it", but usually used to mean "I've had an epiphany", because Archimedes said it when he made a scientific discovery. |
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24 | [[AC:Italian]] |
25 | * '''Bella''': Meaning "beautiful". |
26 | * '''Bene''': Meaning "good". |
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28 | [[AC:[[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]]]] |
29 | * '''Baka''': Meaning "idiot". It even has [[UsefulNotes/{{Baka}} its own Useful Notes page]]. |
30 | * '''Chibi''': Meaning "short" and used to refer to a type of cute art style. |
31 | * '''Kawaii''': Meaning "cute", and referring to a subculture that revolves around cuteness. |
32 | * '''Nakama''': Meaning "friend" and sometimes used to mean TrueCompanions. |
33 | * '''Nyan''': Meaning "meow". Popularised by ''VideoGame/NyanCat''. |
34 | * '''-san''', '''-chan''', '''-kun''', etc. -- See UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics for more information. |
35 | * '''Sayonara''': Meaning "goodbye". Sometimes used by characters as an emphatic goodbye, similar to "So long, suckers". |
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37 | [[AC:[[GratuitousLatin Latin]]]] |
38 | * Any taxonomic name for an animal. |
39 | * '''Ergo''': Meaning "therefore" and commonly used for a nerdy character explaining something. |
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41 | [[AC:Russian]] |
42 | * '''Nyet''': Meaning "no". |
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44 | [[AC:[[GratuitousSpanish Spanish]]]] |
45 | * '''Adios''': Meaning "goodbye", and like "sayonara", it's sometimes used for emphasis. |
46 | * '''Amigo''': Meaning "friend". Sometimes used as TermsOfEndangerment by villains. |
47 | * '''Amor''': Meaning "love". |
48 | * '''Caca''': Meaning "poop". |
49 | * '''Casa''': Meaning "house". |
50 | * '''El''' or '''la''': The masculine and feminine forms of "the" respectively. |
51 | * '''Feliz Navidad''': Meaning "happy Christmas", and probably popularised by the Christmas carol of the same name. |
52 | * '''Grande''': Meaning "big". |
53 | * '''Hola''': Meaning "hello". |
54 | * '''Loco''': Meaning "crazy". |
55 | * '''Nada''': Meaning "nothing", and often used to emphasise that there is nothing, in a similar way to "zilch" or "bupkis". |
56 | * '''Numero uno''': Meaning "number one". |
57 | * '''Puta''': Meaning "whore". |
58 | * '''Te amo''': Meaning "I love you". |
59 | * '''Vida''': Meaning "life", probably popularised by the song "Livin' La Vida Loca". |
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