kvetch

English

From Yiddish קוועטשן‎ (kvetshn, literally “to squeeze, pinch”), from Middle High German quetschen (“crush, press”).

kvetch (third-person singular simple present kvetches, present participle kvetching, simple past and past participle kvetched)

to whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly
- 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint
  Is this truth I’m delivering up, or is it just plain kvetching? Or is kvetching for people like me a form of truth?
- 2001, Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil
  Make a commitment, Charlie. Go with life or go with death, but quit the kvetching. Don’t keep us all in suspense.

whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly

kvetch (plural kvetches)

person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything
Synonyms: kvetcher, whiner
an instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine

person who endlessly whines or complains

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: чангрѝзало n, чангрѝзалица m, чангрѝзавац m, њу̏ргало n, њу̏ргавац m, њу̏ргавица f

Roman: čangrìzalo (sh) n, čangrìzalica (sh) m, čangrìzavac (sh) m, njȕrgalo (sh) n, njȕrgavac (sh) m, njȕrgavica (sh) f
Spanish: gruñón
Swedish: gnällspik (sv), gnällmåns (sv)

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