nesusipratėlis

English translation: slow-witted

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Lithuanian term or phrase:nesusipratėlis
English translation:slow-witted
Entered by: Rasa Didžiulienė

09:31 Jul 23, 2021
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Lithuanian term or phrase: nesusipratėlis
Reikia kiek įmanoma trumpesnio žodžio.

Nesusipratėlis – nesusipratęs, tamsus žmogus.

Pavyzdys:
Pasitaiko visokių nesusipratėlių.
Rasa Didžiulienė
Lithuania
Local time: 23:36
dimwit, nit
Explanation:
"Nit" ypač trumpas, o "dimwit" ir žmogaus tamsą apima.
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Gabriele Foy
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:36
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Summary of answers provided
5dimwit, nit
Gabriele Foy
5nincompoop, dunce
Valters Feists
4bukas, arba bukaprotis
Gintautas Kaminskas


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bukas, arba bukaprotis


Explanation:
Man atrodo, kad tinka.

Gintautas Kaminskas
Australia
Local time: 06:36
Native speaker of: Native in LithuanianLithuanian
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dimwit, nit


Explanation:
"Nit" ypač trumpas, o "dimwit" ir žmogaus tamsą apima.

Example sentence(s):
  • All sorts of nits/dimwits about!
Gabriele Foy
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:36
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nincompoop, dunce


Explanation:
nincompoop

- known since 1670s http://www.etymonline.com/word/nincompoop
- used for centuries http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=nincompoop&year...
- quite expressive and not terribly offensive.


dunce
- short.


    Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nincompoop
    Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dunce
Valters Feists
Latvia
Local time: 23:36
Native speaker of: Latvian
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