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Ukrainian
Etymology
From євро- (jevro-, “euro-”) + бляха (bljaxa, “license plate”). Бляха (Bljaxa) borrowed from Polish blacha.
Pronunciation
Noun
євробля́ха • (jevrobljáxa) f inan (genitive євробля́хи, nominative plural євробля́хи, genitive plural євробля́х)
- (slang) A car registered in the European Union, but which is too old to be legally driven within its borders, and thus sold at a cheap price to a Ukrainian, who brought it into Ukraine without paying customs duty due to a legal loophole.
- Працю́ючи на ми́тниці, я ледь не щодня́ стика́вся з євробля́хами. ― Pracjújučy na mýtnyci, ja ledʹ ne ščodnjá stykávsja z jevrobljáxamy. ― While working at the customs, I had to deal with eurobliakhas almost every day.
2017, “«Євробляхи»: як це відбувається в Україні та ЄС ”, in Радіо Свобода , archived from the original on 6 September 2017:
2021, Orest Sarmatskyi, “Мешканець Тернополя втратив кілька десятків тисяч гривень, марно сподіваючись отримати «євробляху» ”, in Терен , archived from the original on 8 March 2023:
2022, Olena Kovalenko, “В Україну масово везуть "євробляхи": на кордоні кілометрові черги ”, in Уніан , archived from the original on 27 June 2022:
- (slang, by extension) Any car with European Union license plates.
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