What does “pidkat” mean in Ukrainian?
Жартівливий підкат до Івана Люлєнова
B1 Ukrainian listening practice · Surzhyk · Picked for people who know some
In this playful sketch a girl makes a move on her crush, even writing him a song: «...сподобається пісня, яку я йому написала?» (“...will he like the song I wrote for him?”). That move is a підкат (pidkat), Ukrainian slang for hitting on someone or making a flirtatious approach.
The word is borrowed from football, where a підкат is a sliding tackle, so chasing a crush is, charmingly, “sliding in.” You “робиш підкат” (“make a підкат”) to someone you fancy, the Ukrainian cousin of “shooting your shot” or “sliding into the DMs,” here delivered as a cheeky little serenade.
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- ▸In Ukrainian comedy and sketch shows like Ліга Сміху and Дизель Шоу.
- ▸In Ukrainian TikTok and youth slang for flirting.
- ▸Borrowed from football, where a підкат is a sliding tackle.
- ▸The Ukrainian take on “shooting your shot.”