kvetch

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• Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US: /kvɛt͡ʃ/
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From Yiddish קוועטשן (kvetshn, literally “to squeeze, pinch”), from Middle High German quetschen (“crush, press”).

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: repunante — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Finnish: marisija — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Finnish: natku — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Finnish: kitisijä — person who endlessly whines or complains
• French: plaintif — person who endlessly whines or complains
• French: râleur — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Ladino: keshador — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Ladino: keshadora — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Polish: zrzęda — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Portuguese: reclamão — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Portuguese: reclamona — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Russian: ны́тик (nýtik) — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: чангрѝзало — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: чангрѝзалица — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: чангрѝзавац — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: њу̏ргало — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: њу̏ргавац — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: њу̏ргавица — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: čangrìzalo — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: čangrìzalica — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: čangrìzavac — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: njȕrgalo — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: njȕrgavac — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Serbo-Croatian: njȕrgavica — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Spanish: gruñón — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Swedish: gnällspik — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Swedish: gnällmåns — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Tagalog: reklamador — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Yiddish: קוועטשער (kvetsher) — person who endlessly whines or complains
• Dutch: kankeren — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Finnish: marista — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Finnish: nurista — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• French: se plaindre — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• French: râler — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• German: nörgeln — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• German: mäkeln — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Icelandic: kveina — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Ladino: kesharse — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Ladino: ser un keshador — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Ladino: ser una keshadora — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Polish: zrzędzić — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Polish: biadolić — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Russian: ныть (nytʹ) — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Serbo-Croatian: čangrizati — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Serbo-Croatian: njurgati — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Serbo-Croatian: njorgati — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Swedish: klaga — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Swedish: kvida — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Swedish: beklaga — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Swedish: oja — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Yiddish: קוועטשן (kvetshn) — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
• Yiddish: האָבן טענות (hobn taynes) — whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly