What does real mean in Korean?
레알 Real
Also written: 리얼 · real
Meaning
Older slang for “real,” from English.
- When
- Appeared around 2008, peaked around 2012
- Heard in
- chat, humor
- Feels
- emphatic, humor
- Politeness
- Casual. Fine with friends and online; skip it in formal writing or with people you should be polite to. It sounds dated now, so you'll mostly see it in older posts or used ironically.
How Koreans use Real
레알 맛있음.
Real-ly delicious.
레알임?
For real?