The first article dedicated to Plovdiv slang in the bilingual digital guide under the hills was read and shared thousands of times. In the comments below it and in the posts on social media, we found a number of words and expressions that have been used over the years mainly on the street or in everyday conversations in restaurants, cafes, stadiums, gatherings, in the neighborhoods. It’s possible that some of them are used in other cities as well, but for others we are convinced that only natives of Plovdiv will know them. And no, we won’t limit ourselves to only "maina", "aylyak" and "harabia".
Alexander Condodimo worked on the subject for many years, and we used words and expressions from his dictionary for our text:
аванта (Avanta) - benefit but not appropriation
алай (alay) - a walk along Main Street
баламурник (balamurnik) – a fool
брои, бройка (broi, broyka) – observe, follow
вдига гири (vdiga giri; literally, lifts dumbbells) - gets angry, fights
гипсиран (gipsiran; plastered) – very drunk
густяса (gustyasa) – to enjoy something
даяни (dayani) – endures
драпа (drapa) - strongly seeks a close relationship
желязо (zhelyazo; iron) – a gun
зуладжия (zuladzhiya) – someone who seeks avanta (see above)
изкилифещен (izkilifeshten) – distorted
излъскан (izlaskan; polished) – well dressed
калдаръм кокона (kaldaram kokona) – a woman from the highlife
кибик (kibik) – waiting, idle person
кърка (karka) – drinks
левак (levak; left-handed) - a clumsy, stupid person
мини го метър! (mini go metar!) – don’t pay attention to him!
муфта (mufta) – free
наряза се (naryaza se; got cut) – got drunk
от воле (ot vole) – immediately
перушандиса (perushandisa) - be amazed
пищисан (pishtisan) – angry
прави един тегел, чарк, гюзме (pravi edin tegel, chark, gyuzme) – passes along the stargalo (see below)
ръб (rab; edge) – stupid person
стъргало (stargalo; grater) - a place, a street for walking, usually in the evening
тайфа (taifa) - a company, a group
таф ли си? ставаш ли таф? (taf li si? stavash li taf?) – do you agree?
уфлянква се (uflyankva se) – hesitates, changes his opinion, distorts the facts
фъскам (faskam) – run
хахо (haho) – crazy, stupid; стана хахо (stana haho; became haho) – go crazy, be amazed
