No. 9,620 in Russian
хрен
Horseradish.
In a sentence
Я купил хрен для приготовления соуса.
I bought horseradish for making sauce.
Here, 'хрен' is used literally, referring to the horseradish plant or condiment.
Какой-то хрен занял моё место на стоянке.
Some guy took my spot in the parking lot.
In this context, 'хрен' is colloquial slang, referring demeaningly to an unknown or unimportant person.
У него нет ни хрена идей.
He has no ideas at all.
Here, 'хрена' is used idiomatically in a negative construction to emphasize absence or lack.
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