it rocks/it sucks

Greek translation: τα σπάει/είναι μούφα

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English term or phrase:	it rocks/it sucks
Greek translation:	τα σπάει/είναι μούφα
Entered by:	Hellinas

10:41 Jun 30, 2011

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English term or phrase: it rocks/it sucks

*It sucks = it is crap, a loser, broken, second rate: opposite †it rocks = it’s good, it is really cool, it’s the best. Both can be used personally e.g. you rock/you suck.
I hate maths; it sucks/ I love watching a good DVD; it rocks.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=it sucks
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[*Believed to have originated from street racing or traffic light racing in the USA. The slower cars are left "sucking" the exhaust fumes and smoked rubber of the leaders.
†From, presumably, the old usage ‘to rock something, to tip it, to move it, gently or violently. In the big impact sense it means something more like an earthquake than a cradle, as in "The tremor rocked the building to its foundations.”]

Hellinas KudoZ activity Questions: 492 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (27 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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τα σπάει/είναι μούφα

Explanation:
it rocks: τα σπάει, όλα τα λεφτά
it sucks: μούφα, μάπα, μάπα το καρπούζι, δεν αξίζει μία, το μαύρο του το χάλι

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Kettie Nossis
Greece
Local time: 18:03

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Very great thanks to all for their expertise. I still don't know what happened to Dave's contribution, which was also very helpful. Clearly all contributions were more than acceptable but Kettie's gained most peer agreement and is both concise and wide-ranging.
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5 +6

τα σπάει/είναι μούφα

Kettie Nossis

4 +2

είναι τέλειο/είναι χάλια

Eleftheria P

είναι γαμάτο /άκυρο-δεν πιάνει μία

ELENI KRAVARITI

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peer agreement (net): +2

είναι τέλειο/είναι χάλια

Explanation:
(''Είναι τέλειο'' for ''it rocks'' and ''Είναι χάλια'' for it sucks'')
I think this is the most common translation in greek, although depending on the context, there can be more than one translations.

Eleftheria P
Local time: 18:03
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Greek

3 hrs confidence:

είναι γαμάτο /άκυρο-δεν πιάνει μία

Explanation:
that's the slang version (excuse my language)

also widely used: γάμησε / έγραψε and είναι παντελώς άκυρο

ELENI KRAVARITI
Greece
Local time: 18:03
Native speaker of:

Greek

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

τα σπάει/είναι μούφα

Explanation:
it rocks: τα σπάει, όλα τα λεφτά
it sucks: μούφα, μάπα, μάπα το καρπούζι, δεν αξίζει μία, το μαύρο του το χάλι

Kettie Nossis
Greece
Local time: 18:03
Native speaker of:

Greek

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