Greek Glossary

Right, this is for all my special "3eni" readers and maybe even for the Greeks whose parents never forced their kids to go Greek school (shame on them!)

I am aware I throw in the odd Greek word in my posts and I feel it would be best to include a little glossary that you can refer back to, to help you follow along and impress your mates with your Greek-abulary. Also if you feel I have left out some vital words then please comment below and I will update this post regularly with new additions to keep this up to date!

OK so here we go:

3eni = (pronounced kseni) foreigners/non Greeks

Ade = let's go

Agapi = darling/love

Antropi = rude

Bouzoukia = an all night party with Greek music and drinking

Bravo = well done

Enen = isn't it

Fae = eat

Frappe = iced coffee
Gambro = husband

Icones = religious icons

Kapira = translated means toast. But can be used to mean plain, boring

Koukla = gorgeous girl
Koumera = best woman (what brides and best women call each other after the wedding)
Koumparo = best man (see above)

Levendis = gorgeous guy

Mafiozo = mafia member (most likely your family)

Malakas = idiot

Mangas = cool guy

Mati = evil eye

Mikakon = God forbid

Mish / mishimou = yeah right (sarcasm)
Nifi = wife

Opa = wahey!

Pantofla = slipper (usually worn by yiayias)

Pappou = granddad

Poushtis = gay boy

Poutana = whore

Poutos = p***y 

Ptu ptu ptu = spitting to avoid the 'mati'

Re = an informal/rude way of calling someone 

Skase = shut up

Stavro = cross

Tempela = lazy girl

Tempelos = lazy guy

Thea = aunty (can be used as a respect thing for non family members too)

Theo = uncle (see above)

Tsigaro = cigarette

Vouti = the act of dipping bread into juice

Yiayia = granny

Xorkati = villager

Zoumi = juice

Erm apologies for the crudeness of some of these but hey, I'm just keeping it real/Greek for ya! Will update this post at regular intervals when new words pop into my head!