Meanings
nounex-boyfriend (plural ex-boyfriends)
plural ex-boyfriends · alternative exboyfriend
- A former boyfriend.
I wish my ex-boyfriend wouldn't text me so often!
1 more example
My girlfriend's mad at me right now. Last night during sex I yelled the name of her ex-boyfriend. Nice fella!
2017, Norm Macdonald Live, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Norm Macdonald
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 前男友
- 前男友 (qián nányǒu)a former boyfriend
Finnish entinen poikaystävä, entinen miesystävä
- entinen poikaystäväa former boyfriend
- entinen miesystäväa former boyfriend
French ex, ex-copain
- exa former boyfriend
- ex-copaina former boyfriend
- ex-chuma former boyfriend
German Ex-Freund
- Ex-Freunda former boyfriend
Hungarian volt barát, volt fiú
- volt baráta former boyfriend
- volt fiúa former boyfriend
Indonesian mantan
- mantana former boyfriend
Japanese 元カレ
- 元カレ (moto-kare)a former boyfriend
Persian دوستپسر قبلی
- دوستپسر قبلی (dust-pesar-e qabli)a former boyfriend
Polish były chłopak
- były chłopaka former boyfriend
Portuguese ex-namorado
- ex-namoradoa former boyfriend
Romanian fost iubit, fost
- fost iubita former boyfriend
- fosta former boyfriend
Russian бы́вший па́рень
- бы́вший па́рень (bývšij párenʹ)a former boyfriend
Spanish exnovio, antiguo novio
- exnovioa former boyfriend
- antiguo novioa former boyfriend
Swedish expojkvän
- expojkväna former boyfriend
Turkish eski erkek arkadaş
- eski erkek arkadaşa former boyfriend
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APA
ex-boyfriend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ex-boyfriend
MLA
“ex-boyfriend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ex-boyfriend. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ex-boyfriend,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ex-boyfriend.
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