Understanding how different cultures express frustration or anger through language can be a fascinating insight into human communication. While “bad words” or swear words are generally considered offensive or inappropriate, they reflect the richness and diversity of languages. These words often carry strong emotions and can vary greatly in meaning and intensity from one culture to another. Learning them—purely for educational or contextual awareness—can help travelers, translators, writers, or language learners better understand colloquial speech and avoid accidental offense.
100 Bad Words or Insults in Different Languages.
- English – Idiot
- Spanish – Tonto
- French – Imbécile
- German – Dummkopf
- Italian – Scemo
- Portuguese – Idiota
- Dutch – Eikel
- Russian – Дурак (Durak)
- Arabic – أحمق (Ahmaq)
- Turkish – Salak
- Hindi – मूर्ख (Moorkh)
- Bengali – বোকা (Boka)
- Urdu – بیوقوف (Bewaqoof)
- Persian – احمق (Ahmagh)
- Chinese (Mandarin) – 笨蛋 (Bèndàn)
- Japanese – バカ (Baka)
- Korean – 바보 (Babo)
- Greek – Ηλίθιος (Ilíthios)
- Hebrew – טיפש (Tipesh)
- Swahili – Mjinga
- Filipino – Tanga
- Malay – Bodoh
- Thai – โง่ (Ngo)
- Vietnamese – Đồ ngu
- Polish – Idiota
- Czech – Hlupák
- Slovak – Hlupák
- Romanian – Prost
- Hungarian – Hülye
- Finnish – Idiootti
- Swedish – Dumbom
- Norwegian – Dust
- Danish – Tåbe
- Croatian – Glupan
- Serbian – Glupan
- Bosnian – Glupan
- Albanian – Budalla
- Macedonian – Глупак (Glupak)
- Bulgarian – Глупак (Glupak)
- Ukrainian – Дурень (Duren’)
- Lithuanian – Kvailys
- Latvian – Muļķis
- Estonian – Loll
- Icelandic – Fífl
- Welsh – Ffwl
- Irish – Amadán
- Scottish Gaelic – Amadan
- Basque – Ergela
- Catalan – Tonto
- Galician – Parvo
- Haitian Creole – Sòt
- Malagasy – Adala
- Somali – Doqon
- Zulu – Isilima
- Xhosa – Isidenge
- Afrikaans – Domkop
- Hawaiian – Pōloli
- Maori – Pōrangi
- Samoan – Valea
- Tongan – Loto kātoa
- Fijian – Lialia
- Mongolian – Тэнэг (Teneg)
- Uzbek – Ahmoq
- Kazakh – Ақымақ (Aqymak)
- Turkmen – Akmak
- Pashto – Bewaqoof
- Kurdish – Aqil ne
- Armenian – Անիմաստ (Animast)
- Georgian – სულელი (Suleli)
- Tamil – முட்டாள் (Muttāl)
- Telugu – మూర్ఖుడు (Moorkhudu)
- Kannada – ಮೂರ್ಖ (Moorka)
- Malayalam – ഭുദ്ധിമുട്ടൻ (Bhudhimuttan)
- Sinhala – පඬි (Pandi)
- Nepali – मुर्ख (Murkh)
- Lao – ໂງ່ (Ngo)
- Khmer – ឧបត្ថម្ភ (Oubotam)
- Burmese – ငါးမဲ (Nga Me)
- Tibetan – ཁོང་བླུ་ (Kongblu)
- Maori – Pōrangi
- Tahitian – Pāpā
- Marshallese – Ālik
- Hmong – Ruam
- Navajo – Áłtsé
- Cherokee – ᏧᏍᏆᏂᏍᏗ (Tsusquanisdii)
- Inuktitut – Uqqusi
- Greenlandic – Qallunaaq
- Quechua – Lunqu
- Nahuatl – Pilli
- Guarani – Tarova
- Yoruba – Ode
- Igbo – Nzuzu
- Hausa – Wawa
- Amharic – ደንቆሮ (Denqoro)
- Tigrinya – ሓሳዊ (Hasawi)
- Oromo – Doqna
- Shona – Benzi
- Tswana – Setla
- Chichewa – Wopusa
- Luo – Murogi