Cross-language · 73 phrases · 11 languages
How to say "screw you"
Hostile dismissal aimed at a person. Handle with care — severities climb fast here.
French
all French → Enculé ! ahn-koo-LAY Motherf***er / bastard (one of the hardest personal insults) Salope ! sa-LOP Bitch / slut (aimed at a woman) Fils de pute ! fees duh POOT Son of a bitch Casse-toi, pauvre con ! kass-TWAH POH-vruh KOHN Get lost, you pathetic idiot L'arbitre, enculé ! lar-BEETR ahn-koo-LAY The ref's a f***ing bastard! (stadium chant) Va te faire foutre ! va tuh fair FOOTR F*** off! / Go f*** yourself! Baiser bay-ZAY To f*** / screw (also: to swindle someone) Le bras d'honneur gesture Up yours! — the forearm jerk (the big French one) Le doigt d'honneur gesture The finger / flipping the bird Va chier, mon tabarnak ! va SHYAY mohn ta-bar-NAK F*** off, you f***er! (Québécois)
German
all German → Verpiss dich! fair-PISS dikh Piss off! / Clear off (with force)! Stinkefinger gesture The finger — up yours Leck mich am Arsch! LEK mikh am ARSH Kiss my ass! / Get stuffed! (and, oddly, 'well I'll be damned!') Du kannst mich mal! doo KANST mikh MAHL You can get stuffed / up yours — the polite half-curse
Greek
all Greek → άντε γαμήσου ánte gamísou AHN-deh gah-MEE-soo Go fuck yourself / get lost / piss off. η μούντζα (φάσκελο) i moúntza (fáskelo) gesture Screw you / here's five of everything for you — the definitive Greek insult gesture. η διπλή μούντζα i diplí moúntza gesture The double moutza — twice the insult, maximum contempt.
Italian
all Italian → Vaffanculo! vah-fahn-KOO-lo Fuck off! / Go to hell! Figlio di puttana! FEEL-yo dee poot-TAH-nah Son of a bitch! Cornuto! kor-NOO-to Cuckold — your partner is cheating on you Pezzo di merda! PET-tso dee MEHR-dah Piece of shit Bastardo! bah-STAR-do Bastard Arbitro cornuto! AR-bee-tro kor-NOO-to You cheating cuckold of a ref! Arbitro venduto! AR-bee-tro ven-DOO-to The ref's been bought! / Bent referee! Le corna gesture Your partner's cheating on you / cuckold (as an insult) L'ombrello gesture Up yours! / Vaffanculo, in gesture form Il dito medio gesture Fuck you / flip the bird
Japanese
all Japanese →Korean
all Korean → 개새끼 gaesaekki geh-SEH-kkee Son of a bitch / bastard — a real insult with no soft reading. 꺼져 kkeojyeo kkuh-JYUH Get lost / piss off — you're telling a human to power down. 엿 먹어라 yeot meogeora yut MUH-guh-rah Screw you / shove it — an order to eat candy, meaning anything but. 가운뎃손가락 (엿) gaundetsongarak (yeot) gesture The finger — 'eat yeot,' Korea's fuck-you, with a local wrist-flick variant. 주먹감자 (감자 먹이기) jumeok gamja (gamja meogigi) gesture Up yours — the Korean bras d'honneur.
Polish
all Polish → ty kurwo tih KOOR-voh You whore / you bitch — the aimed kurwa, a different animal entirely. chuj ci w dupę KHOOY chee v DOO-peh Fuck you / shove it — the classic anatomical dismissal. spierdalaj spyehr-DAH-lie Fuck off / piss off. gest Kozakiewicza gesture Up yours — Poland's most famous gesture, with an Olympic gold medal attached.
Portuguese
all Portuguese → Filho da puta FEE-lyoo dah POO-tah Son of a bitch / bastard Arrombado ah-hom-BAH-doo Asshole (strong) / piece of shit Desgraçado jeez-grah-SAH-doo Bastard / wretch / son of a gun Vai tomar no cu! vye toh-MAR noo KOO Go fuck yourself! / Fuck off! / Screw you! Foda-se! FOH-dah-see Fuck it! / Who cares! / Whatever! Juiz ladrão! zhoo-EES lah-DROWN The ref's a crook! / You're robbing us, ref! Banana gesture Up yours! / Screw you! Dedo do meio gesture The finger / flipping someone off
Russian
all Russian →Spanish
all Spanish → Hijo de la chingada EE-hoh deh lah cheen-GAH-dah Son of a bitch (the heavy Mexican version) ¡Chinga tu madre! CHEEN-gah too MAH-dreh Fuck you (as bad as it gets, verbally) ¡Vete a la chingada! BEH-teh ah lah cheen-GAH-dah Get the hell out of here / go to hell Corte de manga gesture Up yours! / screw you!
Turkish
all Turkish → Siktir git! sik-TEER GEET Fuck off / piss off Şerefsiz sheh-ref-SEEZ Scumbag / dishonorable piece of work Piç PEECH Bastard / little shit Yavşak yahv-SHAHK Creep / slimeball / smarmy little shit İt EET Cur / scoundrel / lowlife Pislik pis-LEEK Scumbag / dirtbag Allah belanı versin! ah-LAH beh-lah-NUH ver-SEEN Damn you / God curse you Ocağın sönsün! oh-jah-UHN surn-SEWN May your family line die out / may your home be ruined Cehennemin dibine kadar yolun var! jeh-hen-neh-MEEN dee-bee-NEH kah-DAR yoh-LOON VAR You can go straight to hell Geber! geh-BER Drop dead / die Hakem şerefsiz! hah-KEM sheh-ref-SEEZ The ref's a cheat! / Dishonorable referee! Yıkıl git karşımdan! yuh-KUHL GEET kar-shuhm-DAHN Get out of my sight / do one Defol! deh-FOL Get lost! / Get out! / Piss off! Nah! (yumruk-baş parmak) gesture Up yours! / You'll get NOTHING! / Not a chance in hell Orta parmak gesture Fuck you (the finger) Orospu çocuğu oh-rohs-POO cho-joo-OO Son of a bitch / son of a whore Ananı sikeyim ah-nah-NUH see-keh-YEEM (the mother-directed threat at the very top of the scale) Sülaleni sikeyim sew-lah-leh-NEE see-keh-YEEM (the maximal family-honor curse — everyone you're descended from)