суперкалифраджилистикэкспиалидошес
superkalifradzhilistikekspialidoshes
The English word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is translated into Russian as суперкалифраджилистикэкспиалидошес (superkalifradzhilistikekspialidoshes).
This word is used to mean something fantastic, marvellous or wonderful. Russian slang speakers might instead use the term Суперкруто to indicate that something is extremely fascinating or impressive.
Meaning: fantastic, marvellous, wonderful ''(cognates)'' (adj)
How do you pronounce it?
superkalifradzhilistikekspialidoshes
Did you know?
- If a Russian were to try to translate the individual components of the word, it would result in a nonsensical string of prefixes and roots that have no cohesive meaning in Russian.
- To express the same level of enthusiasm, a Russian speaker is more likely to use the word потрясающе (potryasayushche) instead of using this long borrowed word.
- Because the word is a direct transliteration of an English nonsense word, it does not exist in any Russian dictionary and is treated as a foreign loanword.
Example conversation
Andrei and Anastasia are discussing a magic show.
- Андрей AndreyТебе понравилось это представление?Tebe ponravilos' eto predstavleniye?Did you like this performance?
- Анастасия AnastasiaДа, оно было просто суперкалифраджилистикэкспиалидошес!Da, ono bylo prosto superkalifradzhilistikexpialidoshes!Yes, it was simply supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
- Андрей AndreyЯ согласен, фокусы были потрясающими.Ya soglasen, fokusy byli potryasayushchimi.I agree, the magic tricks were amazing.
- Анастасия AnastasiaЭто было самое чудесное шоу в моей жизни.Eto bylo samoye chudesnoye shou v moyey zhizni.It was the most wonderful show of my life.
