| Afrikaans | Engels |
|---|
| poets | ⇆ clean; ⇆ duff; ⇆ jape; ⇆ polish; ⇆ prank; ⇆ quiz; ⇆ rig; ⇆ trick |
| iemand ’n poets bak | ⇆ play a joke on somebody; ⇆ play a practical joke on somebody; ⇆ play pranks on somebody; ⇆ play pranks upon somebody; ⇆ do somebody a shot in the eye |
| ’n poets bak | ⇆ hoax |
| poetse bak | ⇆ play tricks; ⇆ skylark |
| afpoets | ⇆ clean; ⇆ polish; ⇆ scour |
| naelpoets | ⇆ manicure |
| oppoets | ⇆ furbish; ⇆ repolish |
| poetsbesem | ⇆ mop |
| poetser | ⇆ cleaner; ⇆ polisher |
| poetskatoen | ⇆ cotton waste; ⇆ waste |
| poetslap | ⇆ cleaning‐cloth |
| poetsmiddel | ⇆ polisher |
| poetsskaaf | ⇆ smoothing‐plane |
| poetstrommel | ⇆ rumbler |
| poetswerk | ⇆ elbow‐grease |
| skoenmakerspoets | ⇆ heelball |
| vloerpoets | ⇆ floor‐polish |