μαλάκας

Greek

From Byzantine Greek μαλάκα (maláka, “masturbation”), from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), for which the sense of an unethical or depraved person is attested as early as Herodotus's time.

μαλάκας • (malákas) m (plural μαλάκες, feminine μαλάκω) (colloquial)

(vulgar, literally) wanker, tosser (person who is masturbating, a masturbator)
Ρε τον μαλάκα, τον έπιασα να τον παίζει!
Re ton maláka, ton épiasa na ton paízei!
The wanker, I caught him rubbing one out!
(vulgar, offensive, figuratively) wanker, dickhead, knobhead, asshole, jerk, prick, moron, idiot (general term of abuse for a male)
Τι να πει κανείς, είναι σκέτος μαλάκας ο τύπος.
Ti na pei kaneís, eínai skétos malákas o týpos.
What can you say? The guy is a total wanker.
- 2026 April 12, Peta Doherty, “Nick Xenophon-founded SA Best party comes to an end with MLC Connie Bonaros losing seat”, in ABC News, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
  Ms Bonaros said she had no regrets about using the Greek insult "malaka" to describe One Nation SA leader Cory Bernardi's doubling down on his previous comments linking gay marriage to gender dysphoria and bestiality.
(informal) dude, man, bro (term of endearment between friends (primarily male friends))
Ρε μαλάκες, δεν πάμε για καμιά μπίρα;
Re malákes, den páme gia kamiá bíra?
Hey guys, why don't we go for a beer?

(masturbator): αυνανιστής m (avnanistís)
(asshole, jerk): σκατάς m (skatás), πούστης m (poústis), αρχίδι n (archídi), κόπανος m (kópanos), καθίκι n (kathíki), κάθαρμα n (kátharma)
(informal term of address): πούστης m (poústis)

μαλακία f (malakía, “wanking, jerking off, nonsense saying”)
μαλακιστήρι n (malakistíri, “wanker, jerk”) (usually a young one)
μαλακίζομαι (malakízomai, “to wank, to jerk off, to waste my time with nonsense”)
μαλακισμένος (malakisménos, “stupid, idiotic”)

μαλάκας • (malákas) f