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Slang and colloquial

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Vocabulário

  • чувакdude / guy (informal)
  • тусовкаhangout / party / scene
  • приколjoke / funny thing / trick
  • стрёмныйcreepy / sketchy / dodgy
  • шаритьto know your stuff / to get it
  • обломdisappointment / letdown
  • угоратьto crack up / to laugh hard
  • базарtalk / conversation (slang)
  • чёрт возьмиdamn it / for goodness sake
  • выпендриватьсяto show off
  • замутитьto start / to set up
  • отвалиget lost / leave me alone

Russian Slang and Colloquial Speech

Contemporary Russian slang (жаргон) is rich, colourful, and essential for understanding authentic native speech. Slang shifts rapidly — words fashionable in the 1990s sound dated today.

Key Slang Sources

  • Criminal underworld (феня): Many everyday slang words originated in criminal jargon — e.g. шарить, базар, замутить
  • Youth culture (молодёжный сленг): Constantly evolving — e.g. чувак, тусовка, угарать
  • Internet and meme culture: Modern additions like кринж (cringe), хайп (hype), лол (lol)

Register Awareness

Slang is deeply context-dependent:

  • Appropriate among friends, peers, in casual settings
  • Completely inappropriate in formal, professional, or academic contexts
  • Can signal social belonging or exclusion

Diminutives in Colloquial Speech

Russians use diminutives extensively in informal speech to soften or add warmth:

  • телефон → телефончик (phone — dear little phone)
  • кофе → кофеёк (coffee — a nice coffee)
  • посиди → посидишь немножко (sit — sit for a little bit)

Expressões

  • Ну и прикол же!What a laugh / how funny!
  • Да ладно, не может быть!No way, that can't be true!
  • Забей на этоForget about it / don't worry about it
  • Всё путёмEverything is fine / all good
  • Не парьсяDon't stress / chill out
  • Это уже переборThat's too much / that's going too far
  • Короче, слушайAnyway, listen (to get attention, change topic)

Erros frequentes

  • Я шарю на математике
    Я шарю в математике / я шарю за математику

    шарить (to be good at) takes в + prepositional or за + accusative; на + prepositional is wrong here

  • Забей это
    Забей на это

    забей (forget about it) requires на + accusative, not direct object

  • Это очень прикол
    Это такой прикол / прикольно

    прикол is a noun; to express something is funny, use прикольно (adverb) or это такой прикол

  • Мне очень облом
    Мне облом / это облом

    облом does not take degree modifiers like очень in standard slang usage

  • Он выпендривает
    Он выпендривается

    выпендриваться is reflexive — the -ся suffix is obligatory

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Como se diz «dude / guy (informal)» em russo?

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