Comments on: How to Swear Like a Spaniard

By: Mateo

Mateo — Sun, 09 May 2021 14:19:13 +0000

No disrespect to the writer, I enjoyed reading it very much. I’m As a Mexican, I don’t know how ‘puta’ keeps getting translated as ‘bitch’. ‘Perra’ (extremely offensive, do not say unless you mean to offend) = bitch. ‘Puta’= ‘whore’. I can’t speak for the Spanish, but in Mexico, when we say “puta” we mean it as an “you suck and fuck so much” and is considered very offensive.

By: António

António — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:15:50 +0000

Que gostu! Para aprender palabras cuchinas!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 01:47:14 +0000

In reply to Julie Sheridan. I shit on your ancestors is probably a better translation,although dead is more literal?

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:34:37 +0000

In reply to Borja. “¿Qué coño haces?” is something I used to hear all over Spain too,even “¿Qué coño pasa?” but less so?

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:22:44 +0000

Me cago en las cuatro farolas que alumbran la tumba de tu puta madre! / I shit on the four lamps that light the grave of your whore mother!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 00:15:32 +0000

In reply to Alejandro.

Jajajajajaja……I hope you get fucked by a fish with AIDS! 😀

By: Paula Renouf

Paula Renouf — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:42:36 +0000

In reply to Paula Renouf. Ahhh now I see reading Los commentaries that there are quite a few new palabrotas y que interesante que un joven pensaba que “hostia” era “Ostia”. Y que, con tiempo el significado , el atrevido de usar “hostia” haya desaparecido! “Ostras” Solía Ser expresión para disfrazar “hostias”. Paula en NZ ( young adventuress in 1970’s haha)

By: Paula Renouf

Paula Renouf — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:31:04 +0000

Hi Liz
Nothing much has changed since I lived in Madrid in 1978-1980 then!! Everything you say rings true and reminds me of how hilarious. spanish swearing is!!! So different from Mexican and Latin American in their choice of palabrotas! These are absolute CLASSIC palabrotas! ( but I’ve never once heard a Latino say something like “ me Cago en la Leche ( de tu puta madre!) Aren’t there some new ones now ? After all why would young or any agnostic/atheists think “hostia” was a palabrota these days! Haha.

By: David Johnson

David Johnson — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:46:46 +0000

In reply to Álvaro.

In Madrid before they hit you they ask “tu buscas leña?” “Are looking for wood?”. Apparently you’re asking, not for ostia, but some kind of wood.
And when they hit you they give you (te dan) “palos” as in sticks or planks.

By: GG

GG — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 00:28:22 +0000

I’m watching Money Heist in spanish and you’ve cleared up a bunch of my questions. Lol.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 10:55:55 +0000

In reply to Christine. It's "Me cago en LA mar" because it is a reference to the Virgin Mary and she is feminine.

By: Sick

Sick — Thu, 05 Mar 2020 05:33:51 +0000

Coño It can be used as something that surprises you, “coño!”, It’s like “really?”, Fuck! I didn’t expect that! And don’t forget that even that we have a lot curse words, we do know how and when to use them. As you know, we like to explain the meaning of all these words you are talking about so you can’t feel unconfortable