The Middle East is still called a powder keg.
Source: tatoeba (277545)
Keg
//kɛɡ//
Synonyms for "keg" (6 found)
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Translations
41 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- տակառիկ noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бъчонка noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- кег noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Catalan
2 entries- barril noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- bóta (barril en anglès) noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 啤酒桶 noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Danish
3 entries- fad noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- fustage noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- tønde noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Dutch
2 entries- fust noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- vat noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Finnish
2 entries- lekkeri noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- tynnyri noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
French
2 entries- baril noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- tonnelet noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Georgian
1 entries- კასრი noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
German
1 entries- Fass noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Hungarian
2 entries- hordó noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- hordócska noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Icelandic
1 entries- legill noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Ido
1 entries- bareleto noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Italian
2 entries- barile noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- fusto noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Kazakh
1 entries- бөшке noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Macedonian
1 entries- буре noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tønne noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- tynne noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- tønne noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Persian
2 entries- پیت noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- چلیک noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Polish
2 entries- antał noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- antałek noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Portuguese
2 entries- barrica noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- barrilete noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Russian
1 entries- бочо́нок noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Slovene
1 entries- sod noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Spanish
3 entries- barril noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- barrilete noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
- cuñete noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Swedish
1 entries- kagge noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Turkish
1 entries- fıçı noun (round container of lesser capacity than a barrel)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
We'll get a keg of beer for the party.
Source: tatoeba (1893662)
The Near East is still called a powder keg.
Source: tatoeba (4472149)
The Middle East is still considered a powder keg.
Source: tatoeba (4472150)
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