Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

boller

English translation:

crooks

Added to glossary by Karen Goulding
May 17, 2004 16:16
20 yrs ago
Danish term

boller

May offend Danish to English Other Other
Synopsis of gangster film:
En respekt- og æresfikseret møghund i kørestol, der gennem sine sønner, holder undergrundens boller i bagvendt benlås.

Proposed translations

2 hrs
Selected

crooks

In the American gangster movies, I've translated into Danish, "crook" is always used.
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks - this worked best in the context."
1 hr

hoodlums/hooligans (se explanation)

This may be a spelling error for "bøller", although there are other slashed Os in the sentence.
If not, "boller" is slang for testes: "balls", but I can't really image how you can put a leg lock on someone's balls ;-).
Peer comment(s):

neutral Mads Grøftehauge : I'll demonstrate the testicular leg lock in Odense when we discuss bad payers...
15 hrs
Great idea! Maybe that's what it takes :-)
Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search