Dude in other languages

Chris   Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:33 pm GMT
What is dude translated into other languages?
Philx   Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:27 pm GMT
tizio in italian
greg   Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:51 pm GMT
Mec, mecton, mon pote.
Alfredo   Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:23 pm GMT
guaglione "guaglio') in Neopolitan.
Guest   Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:36 am GMT
mate in Australian slang
Real Deal   Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:15 am GMT
Chuvak in Russian
darek   Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:52 pm GMT
koles, kumpel in polish

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Kabayan   Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:25 am GMT
"Ceng" In Sundanese.
Ben   Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:12 pm GMT
There's not really a translation for 'dude' in Irish. You often address people as 'friend' though, which is: 'a chara'.

Ben.
Dawie   Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:25 pm GMT
I think "tio" in Spanish is a close equivalent.

Also, "ouk" in Afrikaans.
Sigma   Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:44 pm GMT
Chaval,Chavo, Vato, Wey, Ese, Buey, de todos los anteriores wey es uno de los mas usados y a excepción de "Chaval" y "Chavo" todos son populismos de baja extracción.
Sigma   Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:53 pm GMT
Olvidé agregar las palabras morro (maculino) y morra (femenino). Aún hay mas expresiones pero son poco conocidas y casi nadie las usa.
JakubikF   Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:24 pm GMT
Being honest - in Polish it's koleś (not koles) or kumpel
Bubba   Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:57 pm GMT
In German, often "kerl" or "karl" or some other varient thereof. Also, "Typ" could sometimes be translated as "dude", I would think, as it's used in colloquial speech. The former generally carries a negative connotation, and the latter certainly could, as well, depending on usage, so these would be not be used in addressing a friend in tete-a-tete conversation, but in more vitriputive speech.
Guest   Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:03 pm GMT
Portuguese:

"Palerma" or "Pateta"