Turkish · Rejection & Catcalls
Defol!
deh-FOL · /deˈfol/
Get lost! / Get out! / Piss off!
3/5 Watch your audience
genuinely rude; friends only, never at work
Literally
"Be gone / clear off"
Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.
How to use it
Hard "get lost" — the door-slam word. In romance it's a decisive rejection or the end of a fight ("defol git!" — get out and don't come back). Sharper than "yürü git," softer than "siktir git," and not obscene, so it's the strongest brush-off you can throw without cursing. "Defol karşımdan" adds fury.
Heard in the wild
Bir daha görmek istemiyorum seni, defol!
I don't want to see you again — get lost!
Where it lands
Turkey-wide; informal
Quick answers
- What does "Defol!" mean?
- In Turkish, "Defol!" means "Get lost! / Get out! / Piss off!". Literally it's "Be gone / clear off". Hard "get lost" — the door-slam word. In romance it's a decisive rejection or the end of a fight ("defol git!" — get out and don't come back). Sharper than "yürü git," softer than "siktir git," and not obscene, so it's the strongest brush-off you can throw without cursing. "Defol karşımdan" adds fury.
- Is "Defol!" offensive?
- It's genuinely rude — a 3/5 (Watch your audience) on the Punch-o-Meter. Fine among friends, never at work or with people you've just met.
- How do you pronounce "Defol!"?
- Say it "deh-FOL" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: deˈfol.
Related in Turkish
Amına koyayım! ah-muh-NAH koy-AH-yuhm Fucking hell / goddammit / fuck this Siktir git! sik-TEER GEET Fuck off / piss off Gerizekalı geh-ree-zeh-kah-LUH Moron / imbecile Şerefsiz sheh-ref-SEEZ Scumbag / dishonorable piece of work Piç PEECH Bastard / little shit Cehennemin dibine kadar yolun var! jeh-hen-neh-MEEN dee-bee-NEH kah-DAR yoh-LOON VAR You can go straight to hell
The same idea, elsewhere
Via concepts like "Get lost".
- French Casse-toi, pauvre con ! Get lost, you pathetic idiot
- German Hau ab! Get lost! / Clear off! / Beat it!
- Greek άντε γαμήσου Go fuck yourself / get lost / piss off.
- Italian Vaffanculo! Fuck off! / Go to hell!
- Japanese 死ね Drop dead / go die
- Korean 꺼져 Get lost / piss off — you're telling a human to power down.
- Polish spierdalaj Fuck off / piss off.
- Portuguese Vagabundo Bum / lowlife / good-for-nothing (f. 'vagabunda' = slut)
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