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How to Say ‘Fuck off!’ in Mexican Spanish

¡Vete a la chingada!

BEH-teh ah lah cheen-GAH-dah

[BEH-teh ah lah cheen-GAH-dah]

💬 Usage Tip: vete means "go away" and attaches to a destination with a: vete a la casa "go home". Here, la chingada stands for a vague, awful place.

Phrase Breakdown

¡Vete

BEH-teh

Go

The command form of 'irse' (to go away). Pronounce it BE-te.

Example

¡Vete de aquí!

Get out of here!

Words in this phrase

Vete

[BEH-teh]

Go

Commands someone to leave or go away

Example

Cuando alguien me molesta, a veces digo: ¡Vete al diablo!

When someone annoys me, I sometimes say: Go to hell!

a la chingada!

ah lah cheen-GAH-dah

to hell! / fuck off!

A much stronger Mexican version of 'go to hell'. Run 'a la' together smoothly: a-la-chin-GA-da.

Example

Ya me cansé de ti, ¡vete a la chingada!

I'm tired of you, fuck off!

Words in this phrase

a

[ah]

to

Preposition used before a person as the object of introduction.

Example

Voy a a la mesa de empresas internacionales.

I'm going to the table of international companies.

la

[lah]

the

Feminine singular definite article used before a feminine noun.

Example

La frase «La cultura de trabajo» empieza con «La».

The phrase “The work culture” begins with “La.”

chingada

[cheen-GAH-dah]

hell (vulgar)

Vulgar Mexican word; 'la chingada' means a horrible, faraway place, like 'hell'.

Example

Mi casa está hasta la chingada.

My house is way the hell out there.

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