wazelina
Polish
Etymology
From English vaseline. Colloquial meaning is an allusion to the idiom włazić w dupę (“to offer flattery, to seek favors, literally: to go up someone's ass”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /va.zɛˈlʲi.na/
Noun
wazelina f
- vaseline
- (colloquial, pejorative) flattery
Declension
declension of wazelina
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | wazelina |
| genitive | wazeliny |
| dative | wazelinie |
| accusative | wazelinę |
| instrumental | wazeliną |
| locative | wazelinie |
| vocative | wazelino |
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