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00:56 Feb 3, 2021
English to Czech translations [PRO]
Medical - Psychology
Additional field(s): General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters, Medical: Health Care, Nutrition, Slang
English term or phrase: comfort food
Definition from TermCoord:
Certain foods provide a sentimental effect when they are consumed. Comfort foods make us feel good because of the meaning that we give them. We associate dishes with a family member, a significant person, a suggestive moment that we lived, and we tend to “use” food to find the scent of this or that experience again. Comfort food is linked to a personal feeling but also a cultural and historical one. It depends on the ingredients and the habits that we grew up with, in a specific country at a particular historical moment; it shapes our identity.

Example sentence(s):
  • But digging into comfort foods all winter — like a savory beef stew, spicy spaghetti and meatballs, macaroni and cheese, fluffy pancakes, gooey pizza, or buttery mashed potatoes — comes with health risks. Health Harvard
  • While it would be presumptuous to award pizza the prize of being America’s number one comfort food without an appropriate census count, pizza being on a shortlist of America’s favorite foods would not be a shocking discovery. Giordano's
  • Binge eating on comfort food can therefore indicate other issues that are physical, psychological, and indicative of depression and past trauma. Desert Hope
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4"šťastné jídlo"
Anna Valouchová


  

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"šťastné jídlo"


Definition from own experience or research:
Jídlo způsobující radost, pocit štěstí, bezpečí (jako v dětství), jídla konejšivá. Obvykle jsou spojená s nostalgickou vzpomínkou, jde o nějaké tradiční jídlo, obvykle jednoduché, jídlo dětství. Např. krupicová kaše, buchtičky se šodó, smažák, maso a omáčka, čokoláda. Kulturně i osobně se liší, bývá nezdravé. Často se používá i anglický termín comfort food + vysvětlení.

Example sentence(s):
  • Jak vypadá „šťastné jídlo“, které vás ukonejší, i když venku zuří konec světa? V angličtině existuje sympatické slovní spojení: comfort food. Čeština pro ně nemá jednoznačný smysluplný překlad – jde o jídla způsobující radost, jídla konejšivá, díky nimž máme pocit, že svět je aspoň na chvíli v pořádku. Obvykle jsou spojená s nostalgickou vzpomínkou, třeba ta, co vařívala maminka nebo babička. - Reflex  
  • Šťastné jídlo. Comfort food vám připomene dětství a navodí pocit bezpečí. - Forbes  
Anna Valouchová
Czech Republic
Local time: 09:26
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
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