One of the things we love most about Spanish is its stunning variety of swearwords and insults. Here are our top ten, to fully equip you for dealing with cat-callers, pickpockets and anything else unpleasant that you might come across this week!
Me cago en la leche
Translation: I shit in the milk
Use when you're frustrated, e.g. when there's lots of tourists trying to get on the metro and by the time you've waited in the queue at the barrier you've missed the train.
Te voy a dar una galleta
Translation: I'm going to give you a cookie
It means I'm gonna hit you really hard. Use on las Ramblas when you catch someone trying to pickpocket you.
Hijo de las mil putas
Translation: Son of a thousand whores
You can shout this down las Ramblas at the thief who successfully managed to ease your new phone out of your back pocket without you noticing and is now dodging through the crowds.
No seas tan gilipollas
Translation: Don't be such a douchbag
Use when your friend tells you they're cancelling dinner plans to go on a Tinder date.
Tu puta madre en bicicleta
Translation: Your whore mother on a bicycle
It means no way. Use when your friend tries to persuade you to come on a double date with her Tinder match and his weird friend who only wears gym clothes.
Púdrete, puta
Translation: Rot yourself, whore
You know those guys who quietly mutter guapa as you pass? Say this back in a casual tone and watch their sleazy expressions change to ones of confusion and shock instead.
Es un cantamañanas
Translation: She's a morning singer
Used to describe someone who's a chancer, you can break this one out when your friend, who has finally persuaded you to go on the Tinder double date, cancels at the last minute.
No me toques los huevos
Translation: Don't touch my eggs
It means stop bothering me - to be used when you want someone to leave you alone.
Que te la pique un pollo
Translation: I hope a chicken pecks your penis
You can use this when someone skips in behind you on your metro ticket without paying for their own journey. Go buy your own T-10, cantamañana!
