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Swearing Translated – Part 3, A Buenos Aires Guide to Swearing in Spanish

Jack Green

By | July 9, 2010

Every Spanish speaking country has their own unique style of cursing, and whether you’re just passing though Argentina, or planning to stay a while, you’ll need to learn the distinctly Argentine brand of profanity.

Whether you’re annoyed by your boss’s latest antics, or a line that wraps around the block, sometimes the wholesome Spanish you were taught in school doesn’t quite cut it for conveying frustration. No one likes the traveler who is perpetually complaining (just go home, am I right?), but when you need to vent, here are some of the best Argentine expletives to deploy.

 

Phrase Literal Translation Actual Translation
En la loma del orto It’s the hump of the asshole That’s a fuckin’ haul
Me estas cargando? Are you loading me? You gotta be shittin’ me!
Que manga de forros! What sleeve of condoms! What a bunch of assholes!
Me importa un carajo I care a crow’s-nest I don’t give a fuck!
Ella me tiene las bolas llenas! She has my balls full I can´t fuckin’ take her!
Es un pajéro! He’s a straw dealer! He’s a jerk off pervert!
Es una reverenda cagada! It’s a reverend shit HIt really fuckin’ sucks!
Me cago en la puta madre que me pario I shit on the slut that gave birth to me God-damn fuckin’ shit
Sin vergüenza de mierda! Shameless of crap! Shameless piece of shit
¡Que ojete! What eyelet! Lucky bastard!
Me da paja hacer eso It gives me hay to do that I don’t feel like doing that
Ella es una calienta pija She is a dick warmer She’s a cock tease
Tiene más culo que cabeza “He has more ass than head” He’s one lucky fucker
¡El no da pie con bola He does not give foot to ball He’s one unlucky bastard
Me fue para el culo It went for the ass It went like crap
¡Es un tiro al aire! He’s a shot in the air He’s a space case
El me cae re mal He falls me very wrong He rubs me the wrong way

Don’t miss part 1 for the most classic Argentine cussing, part 2 for insults, and part 4 for the profanity most commonly heard at the fútbol stadiums here in Argentina.

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