The first phrase I ever learned in Brazilian Portuguese is (what sounds like) "busetta pelada!".
It's used as an expletive, for example, something you would say if you stub your toe or hit your thumb with a hammer. It means "bald [naked, shaved, etc] pussy". jrs On Apr 14, 2012, at 5:11 AM, Charles Haynes wrote: > > On Apr 14, 2012 6:45 AM, "Udhay Shankar N" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Picking up on one of the conversational threads from yesterday's meetup: > > > > Can people here provide examples of strong curse/swear words in any > > language (i.e, these mean something beyond just punctuation or verbal > > tics) that DO NOT involve female relatives? Extra bonus point if they > > also DO NOT involve sexual acts of varying degrees of improbability. > > The canonical three categories of swearing are blasphemous, scatalogical, and > obscene. Different cultures emphasize different styles and analyzing patterns > of swearing is fascinating. Italian, for example is primarily blasphemous. > "dio cane" "Porco dio" etc. Russian is obscene. My impression is that Indian > is primarily obscene. > > -- Charles >
