The International Language of Swearing

[YellowStook]

I’m watching the Germany v Spain semi final in the Euros. AIBU unreasonable to notice that the German and Spanish players appear to swear in English. Is English the international language of swearing? Or are swear words similar across the languages?

ach putain!!!!

I can swear in German, Spanish, French, Italian and Arabic and cam assure you that most of the words differ, however some sound more emphatic than others.

English swear words are widely recognised, but no, people generally swear in their own languages. There's a lot of cultural context about swearing, it's not something that always translates well.

If they are swearing at English players they probably want to be sure they are understood

I am just beginning to learn German, so I thought there may be some similarity between some German swear words and some English swear words. A quick search online brought up these (mainly) mutually intelligible gems:

fick dich ins Knie
geh fick deine Mutter (Vater, Schwester)
ich ficke deine Mutter
der Fickfehler
der Mutterficker

German Curse Words: Swearwords as Part of German Slang

Spanish swearing, however, is totally next level!

Triple-hijueputa – Three times motherf&*ker.
Pelotudo – You have big balls (testicles) but in a dumb way
Perro – Dog. Often used as “Perro hijueputa”
Polla – Female chicken, also penis
Gonorrea – A really mean person, also is a sexually transmitted disease
Uy, que care-chimba – Hey, penis face.
Me cago en la leche! – I s&t in the milk! (means something like “s&t, i’ve have bad luck”)
Yo cago en la leche de tu puta madre– I s&*t in your whore mother’s milk
Tu hermano no tiene la ingle – Your brother has no groin
Cagaste y saltaste en la caca – You s&*t and jumped in it

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