плохой парень
plokhoy paren
The Russian phrase for "bad boy" is плохой парень (plokhoy paren).
плохой парень can be used literally to describe someone displaying bad behavior. However, it is also used as a loan-translation of the English trope to describe a man who projects a rebellious or "tough" persona.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase consists of плохой, which is an adjective meaning "bad". The adjective плохой must agree in gender and case with the noun it modifies.
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase changes its endings depending on its grammatical role in a sentence. For example, use the genitive case плохого парня after certain prepositions or verbs, the dative case плохому парню when it is the indirect object and the instrumental case плохим парнем when describing a state or an instrument of action.
How do you pronounce it?
plokhoy paren
Did you know?
- While плохой парень refers to a 'bad boy' persona, the word парень is also commonly used to mean 'boyfriend' in casual conversation.
- In traditional Russian folklore, the opposite of a плохой парень is often the молодец, a term for a brave and capable young man that has no direct English equivalent.
- While плохой парень is used for the English trope, a Russian person might use the word хулиган (hooligan) to describe a person who is actually causing trouble or behaving badly in public.
Example conversation
Ekaterina and Sergey are discussing a character in a movie.
- Екатерина EkaterinaТебе нравится главный герой?Tebe nravitsya glavnyy geroy?Do you like the main character?
- Сергей SergeyДа, он типичный плохой парень.Da, on tipichnyy plokhoy paren'.Yes, he is a typical bad boy.
- Екатерина EkaterinaНо он ведет себя слишком грубо.No on vedet sebya slishkom grubo.But he behaves too rudely.
- Сергей SergeyВ этом и заключается весь его образ.V etom i zaklyuchayetsya ves' yego obraz.That's exactly what his image is all about.
