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What is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Ill start:

"Me cago en tus muertos" - ill shit all over your dead relatives. Spanish.

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[–] rustydomino@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

三小 in Taiwanese literally translates as “what sperm?” But it means “what the fuck”.

[–] ibasaw@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the full saying is 看三小/看啥小

literally "see what semen?"

meaning more like "the f*** you looking at?"

E.g. https://youtu.be/x3bDhtuC5yk&t=241s

[–] Haus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

There's a good one in Cantonese I learned from Hong Kong movies. It translates to "Are you talking?" but the implication is "You're making noise, but is that supposed to be human speech?" Lei guuung yeieh!?