Thread: PLEASE TRANSLATE VODKA

"La clara muerte que cura la mente", suena muy poetico, algo surrealista o dadista, como de Tristan Tzara. Te salio un verso en Spanglish, sin quererlo 2CREATIV.

Gracias, Jca. Hay tantos licores en Espana! Recuerdo que el que tome era verde...y sabia a hierbas, un poco amargo y me curo enseguida.

ok, Ackman, which is your better language - English, Russian, or Spanish? I think you wouldn't get much out of the information about vodka in Russian, unless you were able to read Russian...... Y tambien querria decir que la bebida de que ustedes refieren que cura, no es el alcohol que alevia el estomago, es el anis. En muchos paises en latinamerica preparen una comida que se llama MOLE, que quiere un poco de anis. Si le echan demasiado anis en la salsa, todos van a irse al bano muy rapidamente. UUyh!!

I'm sorry,

There's no translation for Vodka. We have adapted the russian name. All atempts to translate this are not serious.

En Bielorusia que est

You people are translating the word origins. What about the alcoholic drink "vodka" itself?

Originally Posted by Anonymous

I'm sorry,

There's no translation for Vodka. We have adapted the russian name. All atempts to translate this are not serious.

Exactly. It's like trying to get the English translation for the word "croissant" or "burrito" or "tequila". There is none, so you use the word. You could say "un bebido alcoholico, claro, y ruso".

I always thought "VOD" meant Water

and

"Ka" was a term of endearment. Sort of like calling a young daughter, "my sweet little one" Therefore, could it be a term of endearment for water = "my sweet little water" A Russian term of endearment for your drink.

you are drinking your beloved 'water'

I could be horribly wrong.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MY RUSSIAN TEACHER SAID! haha you win.

voda = water

diminutize it to mean "lil water" and it becomes vodka

vodka = lil water

Sorta like Aleksandr becoming Sasha, and Sasha become Sashunya, etc...

Diminutives don't always mean size...they can mean adoration too. Russians LOVE their "water", so they call it Vodka.

Originally Posted by Sascha

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MY RUSSIAN TEACHER SAID! haha you win.

voda = water

diminutize it to mean "lil water" and it becomes vodka

vodka = lil water

Sorta like Aleksandr becoming Sasha, and Sasha become Sashunya, etc...

Your Russian teacher is wrong. Dimunitize voda and you get vodichka or voditsa (this one sounds old-fashioned), not vodka. Doesn't work that way in Russian. Vodka is just vodka, just a word, it has no hidden meanings.

Originally Posted by VendingMachine

Originally Posted by Sascha

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MY RUSSIAN TEACHER SAID! haha you win.

voda = water

diminutize it to mean "lil water" and it becomes vodka

vodka = lil water

Sorta like Aleksandr becoming Sasha, and Sasha become Sashunya, etc...

Your Russian teacher is wrong. Dimunitize voda and you get vodichka or voditsa (this one sounds old-fashioned), not vodka. Doesn't work that way in Russian. Vodka is just vodka, just a word, it has no hidden meanings.

Why don't we all just drink it and be happy. I don't even think the guy who started this thread cares anymore what it means.

водка is most certainly derived from root вод- 'water' + -к- (diminutive noun-forming suffix) + -а (inflectional ending: feminine, singular, nominative).

Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary (from http://starling.rinet.ru)

Word: вода́,

Near etymology: сюда же во́дка, укр., блр. вода́, др.-русск., ст.-слав. вода ὕδωρ (Супр.), болг. вода́, сербохорв. во̀да, словен. vóda, чеш. voda, слвц. voda, польск. woda, в.-луж., н.-луж. woda. Древние ступени чередования представлены в ведро́, вы́дра.

Of course, водка doesn't mean 'water,' and probably never did.

'Vodka' in Spanish is 'vodka.'

vodka en espa