# Insults in foreign languages **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361 "2006-05-11T13:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/21 "2006-05-12T09:03:55Z")
> [@ZebraShaSha](#): > > And now, maybe my last, “cagar” (kah-har) - to shit. This is fun because you can use it for all sorts of things, like, “I shit on God!” (¡Me cago en Dios! (May cah-ho in dee-ohs) or “I shit in the milk!” (¡Me cago en la leche! (May cah-ho in lah laychey)). Making those ultramegalong is fun. For example: ¡Cagüen la leche que le dieron al cabrón que bautizó a la puta que lo parió! Sorry, being Hispanic I have no idea how to turn that into English phonics - it’s phonetic already. The literal meaning is something like: I shit on the milk on which the motherfucker/whorepimp who baptised the whore who gave birth to him was breastfed! Which btw means you’re shitting on a priest’s baby milk, tch tch, not polite at all, specially since the priest is only sort of third-hand-related to your actual target. Want a longer version? ¡Cagüen la leche que le dieron al cabrón que bautizó al joputa que embarazó a la puta que lo parió! Now the priest baptised the sonabitch who made the whore preggers with your target… I’ve heard versions involving the government officer who sanctioned the wedding between said sonabitch and said whore (thus upgrading the sonabitch to a pimp) etc etc. Mierda is shit, it’s often subsituted by miércoles (wednesday) or miérrrrrr-coles (to emphasize that you’re hem hem being “polite” yeah right) General advice to foreigners trying to pronounce Spanish: don’t try to separate two vowels even if they’re in separate words. “Chinga tu madre” and “chinga a tu madre” (in any case, “go rape your mom”, ok, it’s an order and you’re calling him a motherfucker in its original sense) would sound the same. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/22 "2006-05-12T10:39:19Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > In Korean: Imi Chimi Paek Pojida. > Translation: “Your mother’s a whore” Literally, “Your mother has a white [e.g–shaved] pussy.” > > “Sship-Pal Nom/Nyun” is another Koreanism meaning “fucking bastard/bitch” I’ve never heard this insult before. What is imi chimi? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/23 "2006-05-12T11:13:31Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Saudi Arabian: > > _Ayri fik, ya qahbah_ > > May my penis be in thee, O harlot. How is that an insult? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BadBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BadBadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBadger)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/24 "2006-05-12T12:35:56Z")
¡Cagüen la leche que le dieron al cabrón que bautizó a la puta que lo parió! This one also was well received. Once the spluttering had finished. ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/25 "2006-05-12T15:21:37Z")
Some of the milder insults in German, usually applied to men _Frauenversteher_, noun m. (understander of women) _Nasenbär_, noun m. (literally, [coati](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coati)) _Warmduscher_, noun m. (taker of warm showers) _Waschlappen_, noun m., (washcloth) A bit cruder: _Arsch mit Ohren_, (arse with ears) _Sesselfurzer_, noun m. (farter into office chairs, implying that that’s the main thing he does at work) An engineer’s insult: _Blindflansch_, noun m. - blind flange ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/26 "2006-05-12T19:07:23Z")
More fun with Korean: Go fuck yourself. (Go home and masturbate.) 짐에 가서 딸딸이나 쳐! _Jibe gaseo taltarina cheo_ Wanker! 좆 같은 새끼! _jot kateun saeki_ Dickhead! 돌대가리 _doltaegari_ Shitbag. 평씬 _pyeoungshin._ ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/27 "2006-05-13T01:21:36Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > I’ve never heard this insult before. What is imi chimi? 😕 Whoops, _that’ll_ learn me to take Korean based on the word of army linguists. Sorry. (I can vouch for the other two Korean insults, since I’ve heard them often enough in Korean cinema and among the ROK’s.). Milder Korean insults include Mongch’ongi, babo, and dolmori, which are various ways of saying “idiot”. “Dolmori” translates literally to “Rockhead”. The linguists used to call each other “Kongdungi” which means “ass” in Korean, but I don’t know if this is actually used by the Koreans. Oh, almost forgot “Sship saekki” which means “Fucking son of a bitch,” as near as I can figure. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/28 "2006-05-13T02:29:14Z")
> [@BadBadger](#): > > Seems like there is a lot of confusion going on in south america. Apparently the word for “pick up” in Spanish (or Mexican, can’t recall) means “to fuck” in Argentina. So people were saying “I’m going to go and pick up my mother”… with ensuing guffaws. Most likely, this refers to _coger_, which means “to catch,” or “to get,” but like the latter is used for lots of other expressions. Very common word in Spain, an OK word in Panama, but very bad in Argentina and Uruguay. Same with _concha_, which means “seashell,” and is OK most places, but which is slang for “pussy” in Argentina. > [@Nava](#): > > Mierda is shit, it’s often subsituted by miércoles (wednesday) or miérrrrrr-coles (to emphasize that you’re hem hem being “polite” yeah right) In Panama, there’s also _Chu-LE-ta!_ (pork chop) in place of _chucha_, and _A-JO!_ (garlic) for _carajo_. > [@BadBadger](#): > > ¡Cagüen la leche que le dieron al cabrón que bautizó a la puta que lo parió! > > This one also was well received. Once the spluttering had finished. Not an insult, but you could also try out my favorite Peruvian proverb: _Con pacencia y saliva, Un elephante chingó una hormiga._ With patience and spit, An elephant fucked an ant. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/29 "2006-05-13T03:07:23Z")
Vietnamese has an interestig subtle addition to the English “fuck your mother!” There is _Du Ma May_, which is “fuck YOUR mother”, and is generally going to earn you the same punch in the face as it would in English (it’s reserved for very angry occasions accordingly). But then there is the standard _Du Ma_, which is “fuck mother” without the “your” part. I’ts just “fuck the universal mother”, or “fuck some nonspecfic mother”. This one is surprisingly mild, and can be used in any context where low level swearing is tolerated. It’s the standard cursing phrase, and won’t earn you a punch in the mount. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/30 "2006-05-13T03:08:33Z")
A punch in the mount? That sounds jolly painful. Er… ‘mouth’. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/31 "2006-05-13T04:01:42Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Most likely, this refers to _coger_, which means “to catch,” or “to get,” but like the latter is used for lots of other expressions. Very common word in Spain, an OK word in Panama, but very bad in Argentina and Uruguay. Same with _concha_, which means “seashell,” and is OK most places, but which is slang for “pussy” in Argentina. _nods head up and down with a passion_ However at least here it´s readily understood when someone from other Spanish speaking region (i.e. by the accent) uses the word _coger_ to mean pick-up, so no foul. I´m a very rare case of someone that never, ever swears or casts offensive epiteths\*; so I´d be a bit squeamish about unloading my knowledge here, so you´ll have to push me a little. 😃 \*_When I screw up something or bang my finger with a hammer I usually say “rayos” (lightnings) which never ceases to amaze people around, like “from what comic book did you get out from?” Now if I really messed up and I smite my finger with Og´s force I may slip a heartfelt “mierda!” (shit!)._ ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361/32 "2006-05-13T04:22:17Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > Whoops, _that’ll_ learn me to take Korean based on the word of army linguists. Sorry. (I can vouch for the other two Korean insults, since I’ve heard them often enough in Korean cinema and among the ROK’s It’s possibly mixed with some Japanese. Insults vary by province, and often contain Japanese words. The “white pussy” part is Korean, though. LOL [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insults-in-foreign-languages/356361.md?page=1)