How to Say ‘Fuck!’ in Italian
Porca puttana!
POR-kah poot-TAH-nah
[POR-kah poot-TAH-nah]
🇮🇹 In Italy: [Porca puttana!] is extremely coarse and emotional. It's more of an outburst than something you'd say in polite company.
Phrase Breakdown
Porca
[POR-kah]
damn / fucking
Literally 'pig'; in this phrase it intensifies the insult and adds emotional force.
Quando si è rotta la macchina, ho gridato: «Porca puttana!»
When the car broke down, I yelled: “For fuck’s sake!”
puttana
[poot-TAH-nah]
whore / fucking hell
Literally 'whore'; in this fixed swear phrase it makes the expression very strong and vulgar.
Quando si è rotta la macchina, ho gridato: «Porca puttana!»
When the car broke down, I yelled: “For fuck’s sake!”
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