fotre

See also: fotré

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin futuere (compare Occitan fóter or fotre, Italian fottere French foutre, Spanish joder, Portuguese foder and Romanian fute).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfo.tɾə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈfo.tɾe]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)

Verb

fotre (first-person singular present foto, first-person singular preterite fotí, past participle fotut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

  1. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex.
    Synonyms: cardar, follar
    Et foto.
    I fuck you.
  2. (vulgar) to become ruined, fucked (said of a person)
    Fote't! Tant de bo et fotis!
    Fuck you! I hope you get fucked!
  3. (vulgar) to put in a difficult situation, screw up, fuck up
    Synonyms: destrossar, rebentar, afectar
    El meu cotxe està fotut. La situació és ben fotuda.
    My car is screwed up. The situation is really fucked up.
    Estic fotut / M'he fotut.
    I'm screwed.
  4. (vulgar) to annoy, bug, bother
    Synonym: molestar
    No em fotis que estic de mala hòstia.
    Don't fuck with me, I'm in a bad mood.
  5. (vulgar) to do or not do something (often with emphasis) or to cause a strong impression or sensation (similar to fer)
    Synonym: fer
    Què cony fots?
    What the hell are you doing?
    En tot el dia no fot res.
    He does nothing all day long.
    Aquesta carretera fot fàstic i fot pena.
    This road is disgusting and pitiful.
    Fot calor!
    It is hot!
  6. (vulgar) to put, to place something or someone in a location, to put in, to put on.
    Synonyms: posar, ficar, introduir
    He fotut la roba a l'armari.
    I've put the clothes in the closet.
    On s'ha fotut?
    Where has he gone?
    El govern ens fot impostos.
    The government imposes taxes on us.
    Fot un altre canal de televisió, que aquest no m'agrada gens.
    Put on another TV channel, I don't like this one at all.
    Fote't la jaqueta.
    Put on your jacket.
    Quan li fots benzina al cotxe.
    When you fill up your car with petrol.
  7. (vulgar) to break
    Synonyms: trencar, rompre
    El vidre ha caigut i s'ha fotut.
    Glass has fallen and broken.
  8. (reflexive, colloquial) to hurt
    Synonym: fer mal
    S'ha fotut contra un arbre.
    He has hurt himself against a tree.
    No te la fotis!
    Don't hurt yourself!
  9. (vulgar) to give or receive a hit, to strike violently, not sexually
    Synonyms: pegar, colpejar
    Et foto amb la mà, i ara te l'has fotuda!
    I hit you with my hand, and now it's screwing with you!
    S'ha fotut un cop en el genoll.
    He got hit in the knee.
  10. (transitive, vulgar) to push, to shove, to throw
    Synonyms: empentar, empènyer, llençar, tirar
    El vaig fotre escales avall.
    I pushed him down the stairs.
  11. (reflexive, vulgar) to mock
    Synonyms: mofar-se, fer conya
    te'n fots de mi?
    are you kidding me?
  12. (reflexive, vulgar) to be irrelevant
    se me'n fot
    I don't give a damn
  13. (colloquial) to steal
    Synonyms: robar, prendre, furtar, pispar
    M'han fotut la cartera.
    They stole my wallet.
  14. (colloquial) to eat
    Synonyms: menjar, cruspir, halar
    Em vaig fotre un bon tiberi ahir.
    I had a nice big meal yesterday.

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Derived terms

Interjection

fotre

  1. (vulgar, colloquial) fuck

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