to be outspoken; not to mince words; to call a spade a spade
çekim: geçmiş nahm kein Blatt vor den Mund · ortaç kein Blatt vor den Mund genommen · şimdiki nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund · ulaç kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmend
eş: das Kind beim (rechten) Namen nennen, Tacheles reden
köken: Literally, “not to take a leaf/sheet in front of one’s mouth”. Compare the same in Dutch geen blad voor de mond nemen. Further origin uncertain. Sometimes claimed to derive from a custom among stage actors, who apparently used tree leaves or sheets of paper as a kind of mask. Also said to be from the use of a sheet of paper to muffle one’s voice when speaking privately in company. Perhaps…
to speak; to talk (to say words out loud) · to communicate by any means · to say something
çekim: geçmiş falei · ortaç falado · şimdiki fala
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese falar, from Latin fābulārī (“chat, converse”). Doublet of fabular, which was borrowed from Latin. Compare Galician falar, Spanish hablar.
aile: falar com as paredes, falar de, falar grosso, falar mais alto, falar sozinho, falem bem ou falem mal, mas falem de mim, falou!