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
  • Syllabification: vaf‧fan‧cù‧lo

Interjection

vaffanculo

  1. (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.
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