Be Aware: Bad Words in Portuguese

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1. Eu costumo usar esses palavrões em conjunto e não dessa forma apresentada “puta merda do caralho”, “puta merda” “puta que pariu”,”porra do caralho”,”merda do caralho”, “cacete do caralho”, “puta foda”

   • Muito obrigado por explicar sobre os palavrões agora eu sei o que é certo e o que é errado

2. Among my Portuguese-speaking neighbours, who are predominantly from northern Portugal (I live in an English-speaking country), “caralho” is an everyday part of conversation. They’ve told me it’s like “damn” in English, but more forceful.

   I also hear “filho da puta”, but less often. Also constructions like “puta de X” (“puta de merda”) put also to express frustration at objects, e.g. my neighbour bangs his head on a door frame and shouts “puta de cabeza”.

   • You are right, Joe. In Portugal, bad words are kind of different from Brazil. In Brazil, ‘caralho’ is a very bad word. ‘Filho da puta’ is also very common, but ‘puta de merda’ is not used around here. We usually use just ‘merda’ or ‘puta merda’ to express frustrations, which is just like ‘shit’. Funny how the same language can have such variations, right?

     • Amanda Ennes thank you for sharing. Im learnin potugese an im a beginner and i hope to visit there some day

3. Indecência demais. Uma falta de respeito, e educação.

   • In Australia swearing in public is illegal, if the police catch you it is a $360 fine, if you keep swearing after getting the first fine $360 gets added on per swear word. The fine is steeper if you swear at the police. People still swear in public though, but they don’t get away with it if the Police hear them! Who would swear in public anyway?, you’d make yourself look like a right idiot with an IQ score lower than a wet paper bag!

   • sabes uma coisa estás a dizer que é uma falta de respeito mas tu é que és a mal educada aqui porque pesquisaste o que todos pesquisamos e viste o site se achas que é uma falta de educação por que pesquisaste e abriste mesmo neste site e até leste e comentaste um comentário desnecessario e desrrespeituoso

4. Isto é um desrespeito para qualquer um! Uma grande falta de bom linguajar 😒🙄😤

   • AH, vai a merda

5. Actually, in Brazil its very common. Noone takes it seriously, its just a way of expression. We just dont do it at work or in serious situations

6. What does tonho mean in slang European portugese? My parents say it a loose woman or a jerk for a man. Is this true?

7. Faltou watwa funk

8. E um palavro vagabundo e muito feio

   • Obrigado por explicar cada palavrão agora eu sei o que é errado e o que e certo obrgo msm