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[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 45 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days 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 6 points 3 days 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 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Romanian

dracul

That sounds so stereotypical lol.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days 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".

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 17 points 3 days ago

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

[–] ChanchoManco@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days 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 2 days ago

Is this a reference to the crash in the Andes?