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 dialectal variants for 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
- (vulgar, slang) fuck you, fuck off, go fuck yourself; get lost, up yours.
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.