Beetle

See also: beetle

English

Volkswagen Type 1 “Beetle” c. 1970

Calque of German Käfer.

Beetle (plural Beetles)

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).
Synonym: Bug

Volkswagen car

Bulgarian: бръмбар (bg) m (brǎmbar)
Catalan: escarabat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 甲殼蟲／甲壳虫 (zh) (Jiǎqiàochóng)
Dutch: Kever m
Estonian: põrnikas
Finnish: kupla (fi)
French: Coccinelle (fr) f
German: Käfer (de) m
Greek: Σκαραβαίος (el) m (Skaravaíos), Σκαθάρι (Skathári)
Hebrew: חיפושית (he) f (khipushít)
Italian: maggiolino (it) m
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: chidí néʼéshtiłí
Norwegian: boble (no) m or f
Polish: garbus (pl) m
Portuguese: fusca (pt) m (Brazil), carocha (pt) (Portugal)
Romanian: broscuță (ro) f
Russian: Фольксваген Жук m (Folʹksvagen Žuk)
Slovene: hrošč (sl) m
Spanish: escarabajo (es) m, Vocho m (Mexico), fusca (es) m (Uruguay)
Swedish: Volkswagen Typ 1, folkvagn (sv) c, folka (sv) c, bubbla (sv) c, bagge (sv) c
Turkish: tosbağa (tr)
Yoruba: ìjàpá

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