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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)

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Ill start:

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

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[–] answer42@programming.dev 23 points 3 years ago (3 children)

In French, "pisse-vinaigre" or vinegar pisser, for someone that complains about everything

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[–] max@feddit.nl 11 points 3 years ago

Neat! In Dutch we have azijnpisser/azijnzeiker which means the exact same thing.

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[–] Darkblue@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago*

Same in Dutch: azijnzeiker (azijn = vinegar, zeiker = pisser). So that one does translate well (but not to English :))

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[–] zabadoh@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

In Chinese we say "your mouth/breath smells"

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[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

Anything more and you will be reeducated.

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