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]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: One of the strongest brush-offs in Mexico. You'll also hear ¡a la chingada! alone, meaning something like "screw it!".
Phrase Breakdown
Vete
[BEH-teh]
go (yourself) / get out
Informal command of 'irse' (to leave) with the reflexive pronoun 'te'; used to tell someone to go away.
Vete de aquí ahora mismo.
Get out of here right now.
a la chingada
ah lah cheen-GAH-dah
to hell (vulgar)
A very Mexican and very vulgar expression meaning a far-off, awful place. Stress 'chin-GA-da'.
Todo se fue a la chingada.
Everything went to hell.
Words in this phrase
a
[ah]
to
Preposition used before a person as the object of introduction.
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.
La frase «La cultura de trabajo» empieza con «La».
The phrase “The work culture” begins with “La.”
chingada
[cheen-GAH-dah]
hell (vulgar, as a place)
Very vulgar Mexican word; 'la chingada' is an imaginary faraway or awful place, like 'hell', used to send someone off angrily.
Su casa está hasta la chingada.
His house is in the middle of f***ing nowhere.
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