vaffanculo

Italian

Alternative forms

  • 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 dialectal variants for fare and in, respectively. Literally “go do [it] in [the] ass”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaf.fanˈku.lo/, [väfːäŋˈkuːlo]
  • Hyphenation: vaf‧fan‧cù‧lo

Interjection

vaffanculo!

  1. (vulgar, slang) fuck you!, fuck off!, go fuck yourself!; get lost!

Synonyms

  • (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!)

References

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