vaffanculo

Italian

Alternative forms

  • fanculo! (by shortening)
  • vaffa! (euphemistic)
  • vai a fanculo!, vai a fare in culo!, vai affanculo!
  • vattene a fanculo!, vattene a fare in culo!, vattene affanculo!

Etymology

Contraction of va' a fa' 'n culo, where fa' and 'n are contractions of fare and in, respectively. Literally, go do [it] in [the] ass.

Compare French va te faire enculer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaf.fanˈku.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Hyphenation: vaf‧fan‧cù‧lo

Interjection

vaffanculo

  1. (vulgar, slang) fuck you, fuck off, go fuck yourself; get lost, up yours; shove it up your ass.

Synonyms

  • vai a farti fottere
  • fottiti
  • (euphemistic) vai al diavolo! (literally go to the devil!), vai a quel paese! (literally go to that country!), va' a fa' 'n bagno! (literally go to take a bath!), vaffambagno! (literally go to take a bath!), fambagno! (literally go to take a bath!)
  • vai a vendere il culo! (literally go sell your ass!)
  • fatti dare nel culo! (literally let them put [it] in your ass!)
  • che ti possano inculare! (literally may they fuck you off!)
  • (Northern Italy) vai a dare via il culo! (literally go give away the ass!)
  • (Southern Italy) vattela a pigliare in culo! (literally go take it up [the] ass!)
  • (Romanesco dialect) vattela a pia' 'n der culo (literally go take it up the ass!)

Further reading

  • Daniela Gobetti (1999) Dictionary of Italian Slang and Colloquial Expressions, Barron's Educational Series, →ISBN, page 323.
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