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Monday, October 17, 2011

What's the lowdown on "dirt"? When do you use "kras", "salte", or "pousyè"


To be specific, the following Haitian Creole words for "dirt" are translated in English in this manner:

Salteimpurity, filth, filthiness, sleaze, slime

kras → grime, gook, gunk, smudge, stain

Pousyè → dust, soot, smut, dust bunnies

labou → mud, sludge, silt

pouriti → rottenness, decay, pollution, spoliation, foulness

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