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nașpă
bad, lame, uncool /naʃˈpə/
adjective#3442 most common
Also: crappy, unpleasant, off, sickly (colloquial, of feeling unwell)
Example sentences
Vremea e nașpă azi.
The weather is bad today.
Filmul a fost nașpă.
The movie was bad.
Nu-mi plac hainele astea, sunt nașpă.
I don't like these clothes, they're lame.
Mi s-a făcut nașpă când am văzut sângele.
I felt queasy when I saw the blood.
A fost nașpă din partea lui să plece fără să spună nimic.
It was crappy of him to leave without saying anything.
Deși știam că va fi nașpă, n-am crezut că avea să fie chiar atât de dezamăgitor.
Although I knew it would be bad, I didn't think it would turn out quite this disappointing.
Word family
nașpabad, lame (common alternate spelling of nașpă)
a nașpislang: to screw something up, to ruin it
super nașpăreally bad, awful (intensified form)
Etymology
Nașpă is a piece of Romanian urban slang, not an inherited Latin word. Most slang dictionaries trace it to Romani, likely from a word related to "nasvalo," meaning sick or ill. It fits a pattern in Romanian street speech where evaluative words for good and bad come from Romani, the same way "mișto" (good, cool) does.
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