English
Pronunciation
Interjection
trick or treat
- A form of a light-hearted request by which children obtain candy on Halloween while wearing themed costumes.
- 1987, Kai Hansen, "Halloween", Helloween, Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part 1.
Meet the others at the store, / Knock on other people's door / Trick or treat they have no choice, / Little ghost's are makin' lotsa noise
- Synonym: (dated, Ireland) help the Halloween party
Translations
a request for candy tied to an unstated light-hearted threat
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 不給糖就搗亂 / 不给糖就捣乱 (bù gěi táng jiù dǎoluàn), 不給糖就搗蛋 / 不给糖就捣蛋 (bù gěi táng jiù dǎodàn), 乞糖
- Danish: slik eller ballade
- Esperanto: ŝercon aŭ delekton, ruzon aŭ donacon
- Finnish: karkki tai kepponen
- French: farce ou friandise (fr), bonbon ou bâton, des bonbons ou un sort
- German: (in translated movies, TV series etc.) Süßes oder Saures, Süßes, sonst gibt's Saures, Streich oder Süßigkeiten
- Greek: κέρασμα ή φάρσα (kérasma í fársa)
- Hebrew: ממתק או ברדק
- Hungarian: csokit vagy csalunk, csokit vagy csínyt / csínyt vagy csokit, adsz vagy lesz kapsz, adsz vagy kapsz, ha nem adsz, lesz kapsz, ajándékot vagy megtréfálunk
- Icelandic: grikk eða gott
- Irish: cleas nó cóir
- Italian: dolcetto o scherzetto
- Japanese: トリックオアトリート (ja) (torikku oa torīto)
- Korean: 사탕 주면 안 잡아먹지 (satang jumyeon an jabameokji), 사탕 아니면 골탕 (satang animyeon goltang)
- Mongolian: хуурах уу, дайлах уу (xuurax uu, dajlax uu)
- Norwegian: knask eller knep
- Polish: cukierek albo psikus
- Portuguese: gostosuras ou travessuras, travessuras ou gostosuras, doces ou travessuras, doçura ou travessura
- Spanish: truco o trato, tricotrí (United States), treta o trato, dulce o trato
- Swedish: bus eller godis (sv)
- Turkish: şaka mı şeker mi
- Vietnamese: cho kẹo hay bị ghẹo, lừa hay lộc
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