He's such a schmuck. He does nothing but kvetch.
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Kvetch
//kvɛt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "kvetch" (41 found)
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49 translations across 14 languages.
Asturian
1 entries- repunante noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
Dutch
1 entries- kankeren verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
Finnish
4 entries- kitisijä noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- marisija noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- natku noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- marista verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
French
4 entries- plaintif noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- râleur noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- râler verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
- se plaindre verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
German
2 entries- mäkeln verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
- nörgeln verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
Icelandic
1 entries- kveina verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
Ladino
4 entries- keshador noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- keshadora noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- kesharse verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
- ser un keshador verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
Portuguese
2 entries- reclamona noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- reclamão noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
Russian
2 entries- ны́тик noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- ныть verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- njȕrgalo noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- njȕrgavac noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- njȕrgavica noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- čangrìzalica noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
Spanish
1 entries- gruñón noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
Swedish
4 entries- gnällmåns noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- gnällspik noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- beklaga verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
- klaga verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
Tagalog
1 entries- reklamador noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
Yiddish
3 entries- קוועטשער noun (person who endlessly whines or complains)
- האָבן טענות verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
- קוועטשן verb (whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Tom's a kvetch.
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Tom is a kvetch.
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Tom is such a kvetch.
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