? french equivalent

[Patf]

Is there a french equivalent for " a spoilt child/brat"? Feminine.

I'm sure they exist in french families too.

[Clair]

une enfant gâtée = a spoilt child

une gosse pourrie = a spoilt brat (very negative opinion)

[Chancer]

I agree with the first but had never seen it written so now know the spelling, yes the second is for a a really rotten child as opposed to a child spoilt rotten,which in English does not automatically imply that they are rotten themselves, although many are!

[ericd]

The spelling is correct for both assuming we refer to girls. The male equivalent is also given with the correct changes.

[5-element]

And to go even further, you can also say "un gosse pourri-gâté" - no room for ambiguity there!

[NormanH]

Could that be used for footballers 5e? [6]

[EmilyA]

Strangely enough someone said exactly that at our gym class dinner on Monday. She said they were pourris (de ou par I can't remember) l'argent.

[ericd]

[quote user="EmilyA"]Strangely enough someone said exactly that at our gym class dinner on Monday. She said they were pourris (de ou par I can't remember) l'argent.[/quote]

Etre pourri par l'argent.......

This is also valid for footballers ..........

[Patf]

So is "pourri" the same word used to describe fruit that's gone rotten?

[YCCMB]

Yep, in the same way that you can describe a person as mûr when you want to say they're "mature"

[ericd]

For info.

You might have seen the newspaper headlines referring to Custom Officers at CDG having apparently stolen cash from suitcases belonging to drug smugglers......These Custom boys were labelled "Ripou" by the media....which is Pourri in Verlant.

Verlant is a "form of language" that uses the words in reverse without proper grammar...Pourri = Ripou... Mauvais = Vaimo.....etc...brings me back to my college days.

[idun]

ercid, isn't 'ripou' integrated into mainstream french these days?  Meaning corrupt? That is what I have understood and someone who is corrupt, is surely 'rotten' too? Still,  I wouldn't use it when discussing children.

[ericd]

[quote user="idun"]ercid, isn't 'ripou' integrated into mainstream french these days?  Meaning corrupt? That is what I have understood and someone who is corrupt, is surely 'rotten' too? .[/quote]

Correct idun.

[Christine Animal]

Well, you learn something every day on here.   [:D]

Thank you Eric.  I knew both words, but never realised que c'était du verlan.

 

[ericd]

VERLAN....= ....LANVER.....L'envers......Versl'en....

[Christine Animal]

Oooooooookaaaaaaaay !  Another one !   Merci.     [:D]

 

[NormanH]

YOu must have seen the film 'Les Ripoux'...Hilarious[:)] inversion of Serpico

[Christine Animal]

I just mentioned the ripou and the verlan to J-P and he knew that (didn't know about Marie Antoinette and the croissants though !).   [:D]

He just told me another.  I've always known laisse béton, but never realised it was laisse tomber.