хрен

This is the 9620th most frequent Russian word.


хрен

Horseradish.


Here, 'хрен' is used literally, referring to the horseradish plant or condiment.

Я купил хрен для приготовления соуса.

I bought horseradish for making sauce.


In this context, 'хрен' is colloquial slang, referring demeaningly to an unknown or unimportant person.

Какой-то хрен занял моё место на стоянке.

Some guy took my spot in the parking lot.


Here, 'хрена' is used idiomatically in a negative construction to emphasize absence or lack.

У него нет ни хрена идей.

He has no ideas at all.