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It looks to me like "fika" is just like "chilling." See, for instance, https://www.swedishfood.com/fika https://www.swedishfood.com/fika
by actually_a_dog 5y ago
It looks to me like "fika" is just like "chilling." See, for instance, https://www.swedishfood.com/fika https://www.swedishfood.com/fika
- dmitriid 5y agoI like `fika` as a term because it now means almost any type of light social get-together where there's coffee/tea and possibly (but not necessarily!) sweets. And that it can be used as a verb and as a noun. Russian speakers in Sweden have adopted the word `fika`, and now use it as a Russian word, too :D
- Duralias 5y agoHowever, unlike "chilling", "fika" does require you to be eating/drinking something for the definition of it to apply. Sure, you could skip it, but any swede who hears that word will know that a break like it should be combined with some kind of drink and/or snack.
- mongol 5y agoDo grandparents chill together much? I am lot native english speaker so I don't know. Chilling seems like a youthful thing.