μαλάκας
Greek
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
μαλάκας • (malákas) m (plural μαλάκες, feminine μαλάκω)
- (colloquial, vulgar, literally) wanker, tosser (person who is masturbating, a masturbator)
- Ρε το μαλάκα, τον έπιασα να τον παίζει! ― Re to maláka, ton épiasa na ton paízei! ― The wanker, I caught him rubbing one out!
- (colloquial, offensive, figuratively) wanker, knobhead, asshole, jerk, prick (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 asshole.
- (colloquial, informal) dude, man, bro (term of endearment between friends (primarily male friends))
- Ρε μαλάκες, δεν πάμε για καμιά μπύρα; ― Re malákes, den páme gia kamiá býra? ― Hey, guys, why don't we go for a beer?
Declension
Declension of μαλάκας
Synonyms
- (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)
Derived terms
- αρχιμαλάκας m (archimalákas, “asshole, jerk”) (superlative)
- χοντρομαλάκας m (chontromalákas, “asshole, jerk”) (superlative)
Related terms
- 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”)
See also
Malakas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun 2
μαλάκας • (malákas) f
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