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Does your language have animal slangs? (piefed.social)

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In Portuguese, I find it funny that gato/gata could be someone attractive or a literal cat.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

In Spanish, gato is not necessarily attractive (though they usually are) but a cheap sex worker or a promiscuous seductress/tor.

Potro (colt) is an attractive young man
Yegua (mare) equivalent to bitch, an asshole woman
Vaca (cow) same as in English, could be used for someone overweight or dumb
Cerdo (pig) same as English, a filthy/fat person

Marmota and burro (marmot and donkey resp.) someone dumb

Vibora, buitre (snake, vulture resp.) toxic person
Sapo, bicho (frog, bug resp.) someone ugly
Mariposa (butterfly) allegedly or suspected to be gay

Those are the first ones to pop into my mind but I'm sure there's more

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cougar, older women attracted to younger men.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

"Bird" is old-time slang for a woman, usually understood to be pretty.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

In some Spanish-speaking regions, a goat is usually like a big dumb guy. And calling someone a horse is another way of saying they’re stupid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Which regions? And do they say caballo for it or a different word?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

Most I can think of at the moment are derogatory.

A "dog" is a person pushing their horniness to inappropriate levels.

A "cow" is someone fat and slow/stupid.

A "shark" is a savvy business person who edges into taking advantage of people unethically.

A "snake" is a liar and a cheat. Sometimes slang for a penis.

Quiet, shy people are "mousy".

Someone who tattles to cops/authority is a "rat".

A "chick" is an old-timey term for a girl/woman that might get you slapped.

A "kitty" is a vagina and also may get you slapped depending on context.

Someone messy/dirty is a "pig". "Pig" might also be used for a man who is rude and pushing sexual innuendos onto women without their consent.

While to "go the whole hog" means to not hild back, to embrace doing a thing completely.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Bitch [a female dog], an unpleasant or disagreeable woman, a man or woman made submissive or subservient, the act of complaining and finally something causing you problems or complications in an annoying way.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

uhh, « manger comme un cochon » is to eat like a pig. more idioms but i speak english better. « malin comme un singe » is to be very clever (« as a monkey »)

i’ve heard « serpent » for backstabber, or serpan since i’m learning haitian creole

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

In english that’s a “fox”

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

In the USA, "cat" can mean just any person, a woman, or vagina (an alternative to the more vulgar term that used to mean cat).

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