Then what is this, I wonder? If it isn't dodgy door-to-door sales, then could it be a new kind of pickup technique for the ladies?
Source: tatoeba (328208)
Dodgy
//ˈdɒd͡ʒ.i//
Synonyms for "dodgy" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
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Related words (19)
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Translations
99 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- избягващ adj (evasive and shifty)
- ненадежден adj (unsound and unreliable)
- нечестен adj (dishonest)
- рискован adj (risky)
Danish
2 entries- mærkelig adj (weird)
- unormal adj (deviant)
Esperanto
4 entries- evitema adj (evasive and shifty)
- malfidinda adj (unsound and unreliable)
- malhonesta adj (dishonest)
- malpreciza adj (evasive and shifty)
Finnish
3 entries- epärehellinen adj (dishonest)
- epävakaa adj (unsound and unreliable)
- riskialtis adj (risky)
French
4 entries- casse-cou adj (risky)
- craignos adj (risky)
- croche adj (dishonest)
- louche adj (weird)
German
4 entries- ausweichend adj (evasive and shifty)
- komisch adj (weird)
- pervers adj (deviant)
- risikoreich adj (risky)
Hungarian
4 entries- bizonytalan adj (risky)
- fura adj (weird)
- gyanús adj (unsound and unreliable)
- homályos adj (evasive and shifty)
Italian
4 entries- anormale adj (deviant)
- disonesto adj (dishonest)
- elusivo adj (evasive and shifty)
- evasivo adj (evasive and shifty)
Macedonian
4 entries- ве́шт adj (evasive and shifty)
- лу́кав adj (evasive and shifty)
- на́стран adj (deviant)
- не́чесен adj (dishonest)
Polish
1 entries- szemrany adj (unsound and unreliable)
Portuguese
3 entries- arriscado adj (risky)
- desonesto adj (dishonest)
- evasivo adj (evasive and shifty)
Russian
4 entries- изворотливый adj (evasive and shifty)
- ло́вкий adj (evasive and shifty)
- непредсказу́емый adj (risky)
- непрочный adj (unsound and unreliable)
Spanish
4 entries- arriesgado adj (risky)
- chungo adj (unsound and unreliable)
- chungo adj (dishonest)
- deshonesto adj (dishonest)
Swedish
1 entries- tvivelaktig adj (dishonest)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
This year again I found a number of dodgy goods so I'll introduce them all here.
Source: tatoeba (329395)
The used car salesman seemed a bit dodgy to me.
Source: tatoeba (3076680)
Tom's left knee is a bit dodgy as a result of a football injury when he was young.
Source: tatoeba (3219172)
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