Smashing in Malayalam
അടിപൊളി (adipoli) is slang praise: smashing, terrific, first-rate. It is young, informal Malayalam, built on the word for a blow, and it runs through film talk, reviews and social media. You would say it about a performance or a meal, never write it in a report.
Most common translation
Smashing, terrific, superb.
ഈ ഭക്ഷണം അടിപൊളി ആയിരുന്നു.
ee bhakshanam adipoli aayirunnu.
This food was awesome.
Dictionary entry
- അടിപൊളി (adipoli) — Smashing, terrific, superb.
It matches smashing only in the sense of excellent; smashing as breaking something to pieces calls for a verb of breaking, not this word.
Common questions
How do you say smashing in Malayalam?
അടിപൊളി (adipoli) when you mean splendid or terrific. It is colloquial, so keep it to speech.
Who uses it?
Mainly younger speakers and the entertainment press; in formal writing it would look out of place.