Alexios
What's the American English word for "dodgy"? Eg. This place is dodgy, let's get out of here This phone is dodgy, don't use it thanks
18 mai 2021 15:14
Réponses · 4
5
Maybe 'sketchy' for places.
18 mai 2021
1
GuideDogSaint has a good answer for places. (And "sketchy" sort of implies a possibility of hidden danger, so you could also use it for something like a computer app that you think might contain spyware, for example.) I don't think American English really has a good word for describing objects that are "dodgy." In casual speech, I could picture someone saying that a phone is "acting up," "not working right," "broken," "being weird," or "on the fritz," or just saying "There's something wrong with this phone. Don't use it." But the description would depend on what kind of object you're talking about and what's "dodgy" about it.
18 mai 2021
tricky
19 mai 2021
Yeah, GuideDigSaint is right. Sketchy. For objects that are not functioning, we have a funny expression. We sometimes say, "The ________ is on the fritz." LIke, "My tv is on the fritz." It is old, but you still hear it sometimes. It makes me laugh. I think it has something to do with Germany, because of the name "Fritz."
18 mai 2021
Vous n'avez pas encore trouvé vos réponses ?
Écrivez vos questions et profitez de l'aide des locuteurs natifs !