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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".

Context Analysis / GratuitousForeignLanguage