Russian · Insults
Сука!
suka
SOO-kah · /ˈsukə/
Bitch / son of a bitch / damn
4/5 Fighting words
aimed at a person, will start something
Literally
"Female dog / bitch"
Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.
How to use it
Technically not mat but it lives right next door and gets treated like it. As an insult it's "bitch" (of any gender); as a standalone bark of pain or rage it's just "damn it." Chained into "suka blyad'" it's the classic two-word explosion when everything goes wrong. Genuinely coarse — not for mixed company.
Heard in the wild
Сука, я разбил телефон!
Dammit, I smashed my phone!
Where it lands
Russia (universal)
Quick answers
- What does "Сука!" mean?
- In Russian, "Сука!" means "Bitch / son of a bitch / damn". Literally it's "Female dog / bitch". Technically not mat but it lives right next door and gets treated like it. As an insult it's "bitch" (of any gender); as a standalone bark of pain or rage it's just "damn it." Chained into "suka blyad'" it's the classic two-word explosion when everything goes wrong. Genuinely coarse — not for mixed company.
- Is "Сука!" offensive?
- Yes — very. It rates 4/5 on the Punch-o-Meter (Fighting words). aimed at a person, will start something. Read the usage note before you even think about it.
- How do you pronounce "Сука!"?
- Say it "SOO-kah" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: ˈsukə.
Related in Russian
The same idea, elsewhere
Via concepts like "Damn".
- French Putain ! Damn! / F***! / The all-purpose intensifier — punctuation, really
- German Scheiße! Shit! / Damn! — the all-purpose German expletive
- Greek γαμώτο Damn it! / Dammit!
- Italian Cazzo! Fuck! / Damn! / The all-purpose Italian curse.
- Japanese くそ Damn! / Crap! / Shit!
- Korean 씨발 Fuck / fucking hell — the load-bearing Korean curse.
- Polish kurwa Fuck / damn / shit — the load-bearing word of Polish, and its most common comma.
- Portuguese Porra! Damn! / Fuck! — but mostly used as pure punctuation
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