What Does This Mean?

ça régale

[ SLANG ][ MULTILINGUAL NATIVE ]

FORCE: Gen Z BrainrotUNIVERSE: French Internet CultureCLUSTER: french_youth_slang

French informal exclamation meaning that something is excellent, a treat or deeply satisfying, whether food, a song, a match or a piece of news. It extends the ordinary verb « régaler », to give someone a delight, to a spoken reaction.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Nouvel album ce soir, ça régale !"

LORE & ORIGIN

Wiktionnaire defines « régaler » as giving a treat at a meal, then, in the familiar register, as pleasing someone greatly (« Ce dessert me régale »), with citations from 1889 (Fortuné du Boisgobey) and 1958 (Jean Rogissart). It has no entry for the exact phrase « ça régale ». Its use as an online reaction is a recent term; no dated source found yet.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (recent term; no dated source found yet). The verb sense is cited from 1889 on Wiktionnaire

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2020s, French social media

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:dinguerie c'est carré ouf

Leer en español →Lire en français →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Ler em português →阅读中文版 →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESno fixed local term →Français fr-FRça régale →日本語 ja-JPno fixed local term →한국어 ko-KRno fixed local term →Português pt-BRno fixed local term →中文 zh-CNno fixed local term →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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DOCUMENTED SINCE

Unknown (recent term; no dated source found yet). The verb sense is cited from 1889 on Wiktionnaire

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