Sjutton - as I have absolutely no idea why it's a swear. It literally means seventeen.
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I'm a fan of pendejo. If you've never heard someone say it you're missing out. It's always said with such utter contempt and the "de" is emphasized so hard it's practically spit out.
Runner up: puta madre
Do short phrases work?
Because, if so, the Chinese 你妈死了 ( ni ma si la, your mom is dead ) is one of my all time favorites.
It's kinda basic, but I surprisingly don't know almost any other vulgar phrases/words in other languages.
Phrases are both acceptable and appreciated!
Merde.
Kinderficker has been sadly relevant lately.
In Italian we have a category of curse words called "bestemmie" which they are actually illegal to say because they're an insult to God or the religion in general.
Some of my favourite ones are "Dio cane" (god is a dog), "Dio merda" (god is a shit), "Dio boia" (god is an executioner).
你老母大減價!
Merde! Putana!
Merde especially because of use by a fictional medieval vampire jumping a moat on a motorbike
HURENSOHN!
Scheisse
Shiddee.. Schois/schoas.
Aaah die dialektik
Hundagrübbal sakazement no' mol!
jævlig, jævel, and jævla in norwegian are quite versatile. i am learning it as it's the language of my ancestors and my dad raised me learning it, but sadly, i only learned basic norwegian thru youtube videos he showed me and i'm the only one actively (though on-and-off) learning it. jævlig is like "terrible" but it means "devilish", but you can also say something is "jævlig god" which is like "fucking good".
jævel is a noun, so "en rik jævel" is a "rich fuck". this might be useful for my friend who says stuff like "the horny fuck" or «den kåte jævelen». so it's like "the fuck" (noun) or "fucker".
jævla is like fucking, for example, «ei jævla tispe» is a fucking bitch, or you could say «en jævla tispe», i've heard both. "the fucking bitch" is either «den jævla tispen» or maybe «den jævla tispa», but im still learning.
Åh, jeg lär mig norska och svenska. I Sverige säger de "den rika jäveln" för "the rich fucker". Också säger svenskar "jäkligt god" för "fucking good". "A fucking bitch" är "en jävla bitch", tror jag.
Oh!!! And if a man tries to flirt with you, since you're a lesbian, and he keeps being a creep, you can say "Drit og dra!" (fuck off) or "Hold kjeft!"
It reminds me of this song
(Like shut up, or STFU)
"Røsk deg i rævskjegget, rasstapp!"
Finnish swears are pretty fun but my favorite is perkele
Ever since i played "my summer car", this is my go to
As the other commenter said, vittu is the most common one but I really also like jumalauta, which is like "my fucking god"
Also some more interesting common phrase is "voi vittujen kevät ja kyrpien takatalvi", literally translates to "spring of cunts and blackberry winter of dicks"
Also some more interesting common phrase is "voi vittujen kevät ja kyrpien takatalvi", literally translates to "spring of cunts and blackberry winter of dicks"
As a Canadian, this is the phrase I was looking for when I saw snow sticking on the ground after a nice warm period in the last couple of days. It's perfect and I love it.
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Perkele is the best but the one I use most often is vittu.
And when you really need to drive the point home, the holy trinity is of course vittu saatana perkele
Hodenkobold (Testicle Goblin)
Kacklappen (Shit rag)
Pimmelnase (Cock-for-a-nose)
Andi du bist 1 pimmel
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A classic, the French merde.
It is quite satisfying to say it just out of exhaustion
Ah, putain!
I'm Spanish. I'm partial to "puta madre".
Como la puta madre - like a motherfucker
Está de puta madre - fucking amazing
Hijo de tu puta madre - son of a fucking bitch
Pendejo
Klootviool (bullock violin)
Teringlijer ( sufferer of typhoid)
Zakkenwasser (scrotum cleaner)
I love all dutch swearing, as a microbiologist there is something particularly satisfying being able to tell somebody to 'krijg de tyfus' or to call somebody a 'pleurislijer'
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Kurwa
су́ка блять
Kurva/kurwa always sounds fun to say to me
Fun fact: I studied a bit of Polish, and I would keep getting Spanish ads on my language learning app that would say "curva" (sounds like "kurwa"). Made me laugh.
"chingadera": figuratively, 'thingsmajig' or 'doohickey', literally 'fuckerator'
"mamadas": figuratively, 'bullshit' or 'makework' or 'flattery', literally 'blowjobs'
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Chinga - I think it means fuck in Spanish Mexican.
Also, the "shave and a haircut" knock means "chinga tu madre cabron" in Mexico, and should be avoided. (You just sang it. Everyone does.)
I've often wondered how they localized Who Framed Roger Rabbit for Mexico.
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"Kruzifixdeifelscheissdreck"
It has the benefit of going on for a while so you can either calm down or just keep going...
"Kruzifixdeifelscheissdreckfotzenbeidelfutoaschsau..."
It's limitless, but may lead to a bit of repetitive parts. Usually private ones.
Aaah ich sehe. Ein Süddeutscher
Behenchod (sister fucker), madarchod (mother fucker), chutiya (roughly translates to stupid/dumb).
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J'aime aussi tabarnak mais calise est proche. En español, puta mierda es mi favorita. Y también, porque yo soy Tica, nosotros decimos "mae" mucho (but that's not a real curse, it just means dude)
High five to n'importe qui me puede entender 🙌🏼
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