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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (3 children)

In Romanian it's „unde și-a înțărcat dracul copiii” which means "where the Devil weaned his children".

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Portuguese "onde Judas perdeu as botas". where Judas lost his boots.

If you go there, pls bring the boots.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

If its even further away it's "onde judas desistiu de achar as botas". Where judas gave up trying to find his boots

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Romanian

dracul

That sounds so stereotypical lol.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago

I mean there's a reason Bram Stoker picked the name "Dracula" for his character ya know...

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hang on, is "Count Dracula" just Romanian for "Lord Devilish"?

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

The father of Vlad Tepes, or the Impaler, was known as Vlad Dracul. Though it wasn't because people thought he was a devil but because he was a member of the Order of the Dragon which in Latin is Societas Draconistarum. The word "dracu" in Romanian originates from the Latin "Draco" so the connection was easy. Which means the Dracula in this case means "son of Dracul".

[–] ChanchoManco@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Latin American Spanish we say "Donde el diablo perdió el poncho" that translates as "Where the devil lost his poncho" or "Donde cayó el avión" / "Where the plane crashed"

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Is this a reference to the crash in the Andes?