le bled

hometown, village

b l ɛ d
noun · masculine Rare #38,413
hometown, village Informal; often refers to one's home village or a remote place.
FR: Je retourne dans mon bled pendant les vacances.
EN: I'm going back to my hometown during the holidays.

Facile de détourner la radio d'urgence d'un tel bled.

Easy to hijack the emergency radio in a dump like this.

— Your Name. (2016)

C'est calme dans ce bled.

It’s quiet in this backwater town.

— Decision to Leave (2022)

Pourquoi es-tu venue dans ce bled?

Why did you come to this village?

— Souvenirs de Marnie (2014)

De toute façon, ce bled est louche.

Anyway, this town is shady.

— Mother (2009)

J'en ai marre de ce bled!

I'm fed up with this dump!

— Your Name. (2016)

C'est un bled pour des mauvais surfeurs.

It's a place for bad surfers.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

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