upside down

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From Middle English up sid doun, an alteration of earlier upsadowne, upsedowne, up-so-doun (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down, literally “up as down”.

Coined by Stranger Things.

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Central Bikol: bulagsok — inverted
• Central Bikol: bugsok — inverted
• Central Bikol: suwi — inverted
• Bulgarian: обърнат (obǎrnat) — inverted
• Catalan: a l'inrevés — inverted
• Catalan: cap per avall — inverted
• Danish: omvendt — inverted
• Dutch: omgekeerd — inverted
• Dutch: op zijn kop — inverted
• Finnish: ylösalainen — inverted
• French: à l'envers — inverted
• Greek: ανάποδος (anápodos) — inverted
• Hebrew: הָפוּךְ (hafúkh) — inverted
• Hungarian: fordított — inverted
• Hungarian: megfordított — inverted
• Hungarian: fejjel lefelé fordított — inverted
• Iban: tunsang — inverted
• Irish: bun os cionn — inverted
• Italian: invertito — inverted
• Italian: inverso — inverted
• Italian: capovolto — inverted
• Italian: rovesciato — inverted
• Italian: a testa in giù — inverted
• Japanese: 逆さ (sakasa) — inverted
• Japanese: 逆さま (sakasama) — inverted
• Malay: terbalik — inverted
• Polish: do góry nogami — inverted
• Portuguese: de cabeça para baixo — inverted
• Portuguese: de ponta-cabeça — inverted
• Slovak: obrátený — inverted
• Spanish: al revés — inverted
• Swedish: uppochnedvänd — inverted
• Swedish: uppochnervänd — inverted
• Turkish: altüst — inverted
• Ottoman Turkish: وارون (varun) — inverted
• Vietnamese: lộn ngược — inverted
• Welsh: wyneb i waered — inverted
• Polish: do góry nogami — having negative equity
• Polish: do góry nogami — in great disorder
• Armenian: գլխիվայր (glxivayr) — inverted
• Armenian: թարս (tʻars) — inverted
• Armenian: շուռ տված (šuṙ tvac) — inverted
• Assamese: ওলোটা (ülüta) — inverted
• Azerbaijani: alt-üst — inverted
• Azerbaijani: tərsinə — inverted
• Bulgarian: наопаки (naopaki) — inverted
• Chinese Cantonese: 反 (faan2) — inverted
• Chinese Mandarin: 反 (fǎn) — inverted
• Chinese Mandarin: 顛倒 /颠倒 (diāndăo) — inverted
• Chinese Mandarin: 倒 (dăo) — inverted
• Czech: vzhůru nohama — inverted
• Danish: på hovedet — inverted
• Dutch: ondersteboven — inverted
• Esperanto: renversite — inverted
• Estonian: kummuli — inverted
• Finnish: ylösalaisin — inverted
• Finnish: nurinperin — inverted
• French: sens dessus dessous — inverted
• Galician: cabeza abaixo — inverted
• Galician: boca abaixo — inverted
• Georgian: თავდაყირა (tavdaq̇ira) — inverted
• German: auf dem Kopf — inverted
• German: verkehrt herum — inverted
• German: verkehrt rum — inverted
• German: umgekehrt — inverted
• Greek: ανάποδα (anápoda) — inverted
• Haitian Creole: tèt anba — inverted
• Hebrew: הָפוּךְ (hafúch) — inverted
• Hindi: उल्टा (ulṭā) — inverted
• Hindi: विलोमित (vilomit) — inverted
• Hungarian: fejjel lefelé — inverted
• Icelandic: á hvolfi — inverted
• Irish: bunoscionn — inverted
• Italian: a rovescio — inverted
• Italian: sottosopra — inverted
• Italian: al rovescio — inverted
• Italian: al contrario — inverted
• Japanese: 逆さに (sakasa ni) — inverted
• Japanese: 逆さまに (sakasama ni) — inverted
• Korean: 거꾸로 (geokkuro) — inverted
• Northern Kurdish: sernişîv — inverted
• Northern Kurdish: serberjêr — inverted
• Northern Kurdish: nixûm — inverted
• Latin: inversus — inverted
• Lithuanian: aukštyn kojomis — inverted
• Māori: kōaro — inverted
• Norwegian Bokmål: opp ned — inverted
• Norwegian Nynorsk: opp ned — inverted
• Portuguese: ao contrário — inverted
• Portuguese: de pernas para o ar — inverted
• Punjabi: ਪੁੱਠਾ (puṭṭhā) — inverted
• Romanian: cu fundul în sus — inverted
• Romanian: cu susul în jos — inverted
• Russian: вверх дно́м (vverx dnóm) — inverted
• Russian: вверх нога́ми (vverx nogámi) — inverted
• Russian: кверх нога́ми (kverx nogámi) — inverted
• Scottish Gaelic: bun-os-cionn — inverted
• Sikkimese: ག་སྦུབ (ga sbub) — inverted
• Slovak: naopak — inverted
• Slovak: dole hlavou — inverted
• Slovak: hore nohami — inverted
• Spanish: boca abajo — inverted
• Spanish: bocabajo — inverted
• Spanish: de cabeza — inverted
• Spanish: de revés — inverted
• Spanish: patas arriba — inverted
• Swedish: upp och ner — inverted
• Swedish: uppochner — inverted
• Swedish: upp och ned — inverted
• Swedish: uppochned — inverted
• Tagalog: tumbalik — inverted
• Tagalog: tiwarik — inverted
• Tamil: தலைகீழாக (talaikīḻāka) — inverted
• Ukrainian: догори́ дри́ґом (dohorý drýgom) — inverted
• Ukrainian: вверх дно́м (vverx dnóm) — inverted
• Ukrainian: вверх нога́ми (vverx nohámy) — inverted
• Walloon: cou å hôt — inverted
• Welsh: ben ucha'n isa' — inverted
• Finnish: sekaisin — in great disorder
• Finnish: ylösalaisin — in great disorder
• Finnish: sotkussa — in great disorder
• French: sens dessus dessous — in great disorder
• Galician: patas arriba — in great disorder
• Greek: άνω κάτω (áno káto) — in great disorder
• Hebrew: הָפוּךְ (hafúch) — in great disorder
• Hungarian: szanaszét — in great disorder
• Irish: trí chéile — in great disorder
• Italian: sottosopra — in great disorder
• Italian: a soqquadro — in great disorder
• Northern Kurdish: serûbin — in great disorder
• Northern Kurdish: tarûmar — in great disorder
• Portuguese: de pernas para o ar — in great disorder
• Romanian: pe dos — in great disorder
• Russian: кувырко́м (kuvyrkóm) — in great disorder
• Scots: awhummle — in great disorder
• Slovak: hore nohami — in great disorder
• Spanish: de cabeza — in great disorder
• Spanish: patas arriba — in great disorder
• Swedish: upp och ned — in great disorder
• Tamil: தலைகீழாக (talaikīḻāka) — in great disorder
• Vietnamese: đổ lộn — in great disorder
• Walloon: cou dzeu cou dzo — in great disorder