Polish · Frustration & Fatalism
rzygać mi się chce
ZHIH-gahch mee sheh KHTSEH · /ˈʐɨ.ɡat͡ɕ mi ɕɛ xt͡sɛ/
It makes me sick — disgust, literal or moral.
coarse but friendly; fine among acquaintances
Literally
"it makes me want to puke"
Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.
How to use it
Rzygać is the coarse verb for vomiting — one register down from the clinical "wymiotować" — and this phrase covers both the ferry crossing and the corruption scandal: "rzygać mi się chce, jak tego słucham" (listening to this makes me sick). Bar-safe 2, vivid rather than vulgar. The clean option is "niedobrze mi" (I feel unwell); the punchier disgust interjection is a flat "fuj" (ew) or "ohyda" (an abomination).
Heard in the wild
Znowu obiecują to samo przed wyborami. Rzygać mi się chce.
They're promising the same things again before the election. It makes me sick.
Where it lands
Poland (universal)
Quick answers
- What does "rzygać mi się chce" mean?
- In Polish, "rzygać mi się chce" means "It makes me sick — disgust, literal or moral.". Literally it's "it makes me want to puke". Rzygać is the coarse verb for vomiting — one register down from the clinical "wymiotować" — and this phrase covers both the ferry crossing and the corruption scandal: "rzygać mi się chce, jak tego słucham" (listening to this makes me sick). Bar-safe 2, vivid rather than vulgar. The clean option is "niedobrze mi" (I feel unwell); the punchier disgust interjection is a flat "fuj" (ew) or "ohyda" (an abomination).
- Is "rzygać mi się chce" offensive?
- It's on the mild end — 2/5 (Bar-safe) on the Punch-o-Meter. coarse but friendly; fine among acquaintances.
- How do you pronounce "rzygać mi się chce"?
- Say it "ZHIH-gahch mee sheh KHTSEH" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: ˈʐɨ.ɡat͡ɕ mi ɕɛ xt͡sɛ.
Related in Polish
The same idea, elsewhere
Via concepts like "Disgusting".
- French Ça craint ! That's sketchy / That sucks / This is bad news
- German Drecksau Filthy pig / dirty swine
- Greek αηδία Gross / disgusting / yuck.
- Italian Che schifo! How gross! / Yuck!
- Japanese キモい Gross / creepy / disgusting
- Korean 극혐 So gross / absolutely revolting — maximum disgust in two syllables.
- Portuguese Bosta! Crap! / (a) piece of garbage
- Russian Фу! Yuck! / Ew! / Gross!
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