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Jan 26, 2022 11:25
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Serbian term
Femkati se
Serbian to English
Other
Government / Politics
U toj strancu su se na lokalnom nivou prvo femkali i tvrdili pazar pred izbore, da im se obeća najveći mogući broj odbornika.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | be coy |
milena beba
|
| 4 | a tease / to play hard to get |
Deena D. Kragulj
|
| 3 | hesitate |
Slobodan Kozarčić
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| 3 | act like (/ be) a choirgirl |
Daryo
|
Proposed translations
+2
1 day 2 hrs
milena beba
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Serbian
Works in field
United Kingdom
Intercultural professional communication
Native in: Serbian 
, Serbo-Croat
Works in: Serbian to English, English to Serbian, Croatian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
Selected
be coy
...were first coy and playing hard to get...
Coy - pretence of shyness, uncertainty, or unwillingness to say much, often in order to increase interest in something by keeping back information about it
https://www.spring.org.uk/2021/09/playing-hard-to-get.php
Playing hard to get means being coy and vague about your interest…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-21/parties-coy-on-changi...
Coy - pretence of shyness, uncertainty, or unwillingness to say much, often in order to increase interest in something by keeping back information about it
https://www.spring.org.uk/2021/09/playing-hard-to-get.php
Playing hard to get means being coy and vague about your interest…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-21/parties-coy-on-changi...
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19 mins
Deena D. Kragulj
Native in English
SR/BA/MNE/CRO to EN Translator
Native in: English 
Works in: Serbian to English, Bosnian to English, Montenegrin to English, and 1 more.
a tease / to play hard to get
femkati - tease in this context as a noun not a verb
tvrditi pazar - to play hard to get
At the local level, this party (I'm assuming this is a typo in Serbian?) first played the tease then hard to get [just] before the elections ...
tvrditi pazar - to play hard to get
At the local level, this party (I'm assuming this is a typo in Serbian?) first played the tease then hard to get [just] before the elections ...
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Daryo
: a "tease" would actively provoke interest (= napaljivati) while "femkati se" is passive - avoiding a clear answer // two different types of behaviour.
3 days 2 hrs
|
2 days 7 hrs
Slobodan Kozarčić
Serbia
Serbia
Native in Serbian
Serbia
900 films/500 medical rep/two books/tech
Native in: Serbian (Variant: Montenegrin ) , Bosnian
Works in: English to Serbian, English to Bosnian, Serbian to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
hesitate
https://www.slobodnavojvodina.rs/slobodna-vojvodina/vojvodja...
Мортон Бенсон:
premišljati A (imp.) premisliti R (pf.)
1. xxx
2. ~ (se) to hesitate
Мортон Бенсон:
premišljati A (imp.) premisliti R (pf.)
1. xxx
2. ~ (se) to hesitate
3 days 3 hrs
act like (/ be) a choirgirl
a neutral version would be "pretending to be uninterested" / "avoiding any response"
A more sarcastic version, slightly different from "femkati se" but would be a good fit:
prvo (su se) femkali i tvrdili pazar pred izbore
=
first they acted like (/ pretended to be) a choirgirl, then started haggling hard just before the elections / the voting date
more
https://context.reverso.net/traduction/francais-anglais/sain...
A more sarcastic version, slightly different from "femkati se" but would be a good fit:
prvo (su se) femkali i tvrdili pazar pred izbore
=
first they acted like (/ pretended to be) a choirgirl, then started haggling hard just before the elections / the voting date
more
https://context.reverso.net/traduction/francais-anglais/sain...
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