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What are some informal words used in colloquial french?
- Country or region Brazil
Fric = money
bagnole = car
meuf = woman
teuf = party
bouffe = food
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- Country or region France
Garçon = boy
Maison = house
École = school
Maman = mom
Papa = dad
Écrire = write
Écouter = listen
Dire = say
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- Country or region France
@Leila_Boubeker : Except Papa and Maman, the other words are not colloquial.
@haikaladzmir : There are hundreds, if not thousands of colloquial words in French. Some are used by a generation, other by another one. Some are specific of an area or a town... etc... (Some are also specific of a French speaking country like Belgium, Switzerland, Québec... etc...)
For instance :
Thune, fric, maille = money
Bagnole, tire, caisse = car
Panard, arpion = foot
Merlan = hairdresser (quite old)
Blase, zen = nose
Blase (nowadays)= nickname or pseudo
Mirettes = eye
Calendos = camembert (strong cheese from Normandy)
Ratiches = teeth
Fringues, frusques (older) = clothes
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- Country or region France
Piger = to understand
Mater = to look at (especially at a woman)
Bouffer = to eat
se pieuter= to go to bed
Picoler = to drink alcohol
Marave = to beat someone up
Se speeder (from English) = to hurry up
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- Country or region France
Mater qqn/qqch is more to stare at someone
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