Definition of yenta in English:

yenta

noun ˈjɛntəˈjɛn(t)ə

North American informal

A woman who is a gossip or busybody.
she acts like a nosy yenta
Example sentencesExamples
- At one point she impersonates a domestic day-worker in order to glean insider information about the Schwartz family, pumping their housekeeper for juicy details as they gossip together like yentas.
- Her people's era on West 107th long since past, Mrs. Weissman had no fondness for the coarse new crowd, and in truth, was a kind of pitiable figure - a yenta who had lost her nosiness.
- My mom's face contorted with a combination of tension and mischief, as if the mom side of her wanted to shield me from the news, but the yenta side of her had to share this life-changing gossip.

Origin

1920s: Yiddish, originally a given name.

Definition of yenta in US English:

yenta

nounˈyen(t)əˈjɛn(t)ə

North American informal

A woman who is a gossip or busybody.
she acts like a nosy yenta
Example sentencesExamples
- At one point she impersonates a domestic day-worker in order to glean insider information about the Schwartz family, pumping their housekeeper for juicy details as they gossip together like yentas.
- My mom's face contorted with a combination of tension and mischief, as if the mom side of her wanted to shield me from the news, but the yenta side of her had to share this life-changing gossip.
- Her people's era on West 107th long since past, Mrs. Weissman had no fondness for the coarse new crowd, and in truth, was a kind of pitiable figure - a yenta who had lost her nosiness.

Origin

1920s: Yiddish, originally a given name.

单词	yenta
释义	Definition of yenta in English: yenta noun ˈjɛntəˈjɛn(t)ə North American informal A woman who is a gossip or busybody. she acts like a nosy yenta Example sentencesExamples At one point she impersonates a domestic day-worker in order to glean insider information about the Schwartz family, pumping their housekeeper for juicy details as they gossip together like yentas. Her people's era on West 107th long since past, Mrs. Weissman had no fondness for the coarse new crowd, and in truth, was a kind of pitiable figure - a yenta who had lost her nosiness. My mom's face contorted with a combination of tension and mischief, as if the mom side of her wanted to shield me from the news, but the yenta side of her had to share this life-changing gossip. Origin 1920s: Yiddish, originally a given name. Definition of yenta in US English: yenta nounˈyen(t)əˈjɛn(t)ə North American informal A woman who is a gossip or busybody. she acts like a nosy yenta Example sentencesExamples At one point she impersonates a domestic day-worker in order to glean insider information about the Schwartz family, pumping their housekeeper for juicy details as they gossip together like yentas. My mom's face contorted with a combination of tension and mischief, as if the mom side of her wanted to shield me from the news, but the yenta side of her had to share this life-changing gossip. Her people's era on West 107th long since past, Mrs. Weissman had no fondness for the coarse new crowd, and in truth, was a kind of pitiable figure - a yenta who had lost her nosiness. Origin 1920s: Yiddish, originally a given name.
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