How to Say Swear Words in Other Languages

Afrikaans: vloekwoorde (flook-voor-duh)

Albanian: fjalë të pista (fyah-leh tuh pees-tah)

Amharic: ርጉም ቃላት (rigoom kalat)

Arabic: كلمات بذيئة (ka-lee-maat ba-thee-a)

Armenian: հայհոյանքներ (hy-ho-yank-ner)

Azerbaijani: söyüşlər (soh-yush-lar)

Basque: irainak (ee-rye-nak)

Belarusian: лаянка (la-yan-ka)

Bengali: গালাগালি (ga-la-ga-lee)

Bosnian: psovke (psohv-keh)

Bulgarian: ругатни (roo-ga-tnee)

Burmese: စကားဆိုး (sah-gah-saw)

Catalan: paraulotes (pah-rah-oo-loh-tes)

Cebuano: panultiang daotan (pah-noohl-tyang dah-oh-tan)

Chinese (Mandarin): 骂人话 (ma ren hua)

Croatian: psovke (psohv-keh)

Czech: nadávky (nah-dahv-kee)

Danish: bandeord (ban-deh-or)

Dutch: scheldwoorden (skheld-vohr-den)

Esperanto: insultaj vortoj (een-sool-tie vohr-toy)

Estonian: roppused (rop-poo-sed)

Finnish: kirosanat (kee-roh-sah-naht)

French: gros mots (groh moh)

Galician: palabrotas (pah-lah-bro-tas)

Georgian: გინებები (gee-neh-bebee)

German: Schimpfwörter (shimf-vohr-ter)

Greek: βρισιές (vree-syes)

Gujarati: શાપ (shaap)

Haitian Creole: jouman (joo-man)

Hausa: kalmomin zagi (kal-mo-meen zah-gee)

Hebrew: קללות (kla-lot)

Hindi: गाली (ga-lee)

Hungarian: káromkodások (kah-rom-ko-da-shok)

Icelandic: blótsyrði (blowt-seer-thee)

Igbo: okwu ojoo (oh-kwoo oh-joh)

Indonesian: kata-kata kasar (ka-tah ka-tah kah-sar)

Irish: mallachtaí (mal-ak-tee)

Italian: parolacce (pah-ro-lah-che)

Japanese: 悪口 (waru-guchi)

Javanese: sumpah-sumpah (soom-pah soom-pah)

Kannada: ಶಾಪವಚನಗಳು (shaapa-vachana-galu)

Kazakh: боқтық сөздер (bok-tuk sohz-der)

Khmer: សម្បថ (som-bat)

Korean: 욕설 (yok-suhl)

Kurdish: qehrebane (keh-reh-bah-neh)

Kyrgyz: сөгүш сөздөр (sogush sohz-dor)

Lao: ຄຳຫຍາບ (khum-nyab)

Latvian: lamu vārdi (lah-moo vahr-dee)

Lithuanian: keiksmažodžiai (kakes-mah-zhoh-dzyay)

Luxembourgish: Fluchwierder (flook-veer-der)

Macedonian: пцовки (ptsoh-vkee)

Malagasy: teny ratsy (teh-nee rah-tsy)

Malay: kata-kata kotor (ka-tah ka-tah ko-tor)

Malayalam: ശാപശബ്ദങ്ങൾ (shaapa-shab-da-ngal)

Maltese: kliem oxxen (kleem ohk-sen)

Maori: kupu kino (koo-poo kee-noh)

Marathi: शिव्या (shiv-ya)

Mongolian: хараалын үгс (haraaliin oogs)

Nepali: गाली (ga-lee)

Norwegian: bannord (bahn-or)

Odia: ଅପଶବ୍ଦ (apa-shob-da)

Pashto: ښکنځل (khkan-tsol)

Persian: فحش (fah-hesh)

Polish: przekleństwa (pshye-klen-stvah)

Portuguese: palavrões (pah-lah-vroh-es)

Punjabi: ਗਾਲੀਆਂ (ga-lee-yan)

Romanian: înjurături (uhn-joo-rah-toor)

Russian: ругательства (roo-ga-tel-stva)

Samoan: upu maso (oo-poo ma-soh)

Serbian: псовке (psohv-keh)

Shona: tuka (too-kah)

Sinhala: අපහාසවචන (apahasa-vachana)

Slovak: nadávky (nah-dahv-kee)

Slovenian: kletvice (klet-vee-tse)

Somali: erayo cay (eh-rah-yo cay)

Spanish: palabrotas (pah-lah-broh-tas)

Sundanese: kecap goreng (keh-chap goh-reng)

Swahili: matusi (mah-too-see)

Swedish: svordomar (svoor-do-mahr)

Tagalog: mga mura (mah-ngah moo-rah)

Tajik: дашном (dash-nom)

Tamil: சாபவாக்கு (saapa-vaakku)

Telugu: తిట్టు మాటలు (thittu maatalu)

Thai: คำหยาบ (khum-yab)

Tigrinya: በለልታት (be-lel-tat)

Turkish: küfürler (koo-fur-ler)

Turkmen: sögünçler (soh-gunch-ler)

Ukrainian: лайки (ly-kee)

Urdu: گالیاں (galiy-an)

Uzbek: so‘kinish (soh-kee-nish)

Vietnamese: lời tục tĩu (loi took tee-oh)

Welsh: rhegfeydd (hreg-fayth)

Wolof: wax yu xoth (wahkh yoo khoth)

Xhosa: izithuko (ee-zee-thoo-koh)

Yiddish: קללות (kla-lot)

Yoruba: òrò ìbàjú (oh-ro ee-bah-joo)

Zulu: izithuko (ee-zee-thoo-koh)

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