B2 — upper-intermediateculture30 words
Youth & urban slang
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brȁte | bro, mate (address; fine with friends, too familiar with strangers or elders) |
| fȑka | hassle, stress; a fuss (slang; fine with friends, not at work) |
| kȅš | cash |
| kȗl | cool (slang, indeclinable) |
| ȅkstra | excellent; awesome (colloquial, indeclinable) |
| cȁr | tsar; in slang a legend, top guy (praise for a person; friends only) |
| smȍr | a drag, boredom; a bore (of a person) (youth slang; friends only) |
| prȍvod | a good time, night out (not a wire — that is kabl) |
| mrȃk | darkness, gloom; in slang awesome (reversal: Mrak si! = you're great; friends only) |
| stráva | horror, dread; in slang brilliant (reversal: Strava! = amazing!; friends only) |
| hȁos | chaos; in slang amazing (reversal: Bilo je haos! = it was great; friends only) |
| lùdilo | madness; in slang insanely good (reversal; friends only) |
| bȏmba | bomb; in slang brilliant (of a thing or event; colloquial, widely used) |
| fȁca | face; in slang a big shot, somebody (colloquial; friends only) |
| frȁjer | guy, dude; a show-off (praise or dig depending on tone; friends only, not at work) |
| štrȅber | swot, nerd (mildly insulting; better to recognise than to say) |
| folìrant | poser, phoney (insulting; better to recognise than to say) |
| folírati se | to pose, to put it on, to fake it (colloquial; friends only) |
| klȍpa | grub, food (colloquial; friends only, not at work) |
| klȍpati | to chow down, to scoff (to eat) (colloquial; friends only) |
| bléjati | to hang about doing nothing; to bleat (youth slang; friends only) |
| blȅjānje | aimless hanging out (youth slang; friends only) |
| zezàncija | joking about, messing around (colloquial; friends only) |
| skòntati | to twig, to get it (colloquial; friends only; cf. kapirati) |
| smárati | to bore, to go on at someone (youth slang; friends only) |
| lóva | dough, cash (money; colloquial; friends only, not at work) |
| opúšteno | relaxed; take it easy, no worries (colloquial; fine almost anywhere) |
| srȅđen | sorted, tidied up; smartly turned out (of a person) (colloquial; neutral) |
| tèzga | market stall, workbench; a side gig (colloquial; friends only) |
| pȕkao sam | I'm shattered; I'm broke (per context; fem. pukla sam; colloquial; friends only) |
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