Because the language is quite…sexy.
Not as sexy as irish swearing at me, that’s for sure.
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teft@piefed.social 2 days ago
I don’t ever swear in spanish because their swears never feel strong enough. Carachimba (pussy face) just doesn’t have the same ring as motherfucker. I do love listening to natives swear in spanish, though. It really rolls off the tongue when you’re fluent.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Irish for you? That’s Scottish for me. I once saw a woman yelling at her brother in public with a heavy, heavy Scottish accent and a head full of inky black curls taking rapid to the wind. It woke something deep inside of me.
“And yeh dinney thenk tae arsk, yeh daft cont?! What in the fahk is wroung weth yeh?!” Unnf. Heart still flutters at the thought and idk whats wrong with me so dont ask unless its in a Scottish accent and you are being very critical plz
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 days ago
Hijo de puta (or was it “de la puta”?) seems fairly strong? Though kind of misogynistic.
teft@piefed.social 2 days ago
If you want to sound native say it like hueputa. It’s a contraction and how they say it when angry. Make sure you put the emphasis on the “pu”.
OfCourseNot@fedia.io 2 days ago
It has many variations: 'hijoputa', 'hijo de puta', 'hijo de la gran puta', 'hijo de la gran putísima', 'hijo de mil putas'...
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Son of a bitch (unmarried woman) / bastard (born outside of wedlock). Both are pretty casual at this point in my American region. My grandmother meant it if she said it, though. But this all turned around, possibly nationally, in 2015 with the release Nathaniel Rateliffe’s hit single, SOB.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 days ago
“puta” literally means “whore”, though. Either way, what the hell kind of insult is “son of an unmarried woman”/“son of a prostitute” if you think it through? It’s rather anachronistic at this point.
AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 days ago
When Grandma calls you an SOB, it's really about her daughter-in-law.
teft@piefed.social 2 days ago
Literally it means whore but it’s used the same way as son of a bitch is in english. And calling a woman a whore (especially someone’s mother) in spanish is a good way to get punched or shot. At least in colombia. They really love their moms here.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Calling a non-prostitute woman a prositute is quite offensive in most languages I would guess.
Offending someone’s mom (and by extension their heritage) might be anachronistic in some regions, but it really isn’t in others.
fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Used to work with a guy that would say suck my dick/asshole in Spanish like stem to fuck with people lol It was very funny to me too