The story
Tachles comes from tachlit, purpose, and reached modern Hebrew by way of Yiddish. Israelis drop it into a conversation to cut the preamble: tachles, how much. English says let's get down to brass tacks, or just the bottom line.
tachles
תכלסTAKH-less[ˈtaχles]
let's get to the point — the bottom line
Closest in English: bottom-line, bottomline, essentials. None of them covers it.
How it went in the game
Contains the answers. If you want to play the word yourself first, leave this closed.
- Which language is it from?Hebrew
- How does it sound to native speakers?Everyday, blunt and friendly
- Where would you hear it?A meeting after an hour of small talk
- What does it mean?Let's get down to what matters
How it went
Round one, language, was where most points went.