berengsek
Indonesian
Alternative forms
- brengsek (common, colloquial)
Etymology
Possibly from Javanese [Term?].
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bəˈrɛŋsɛk/ [bəˈreŋ.sɛk̚]
- Rhymes: -ɛŋsɛk
- Syllabification: be‧reng‧sek
Adjective
berengsek (comparative lebih berengsek, superlative paling berengsek)
- ill-bred, malicious, mean, nasty, rude, wicked.
- arbitrary, high-handed, indescribable, outrageous, shocking.
- lousy, useless.
- jerk.
- shoddy.
Derived terms
- keberengsekan
- terberengsek
Further reading
- “berengsek”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016