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joder

Pronunciation: /xoˈdeɾ/

“joder” is a Spanish word. Its 14 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to annoy, bug, bother, irritate
  2. to tell annoying jokes
  3. to be very annoying, difficult, tiring (be difficult)
  4. to become ruined, fucked (said of a thing)
  5. to become ruined, fucked (said of a person)
  6. to fuck, to have sex
  7. to fuck over, to put someone in a difficult situation
  8. to fuck up, smash, wreak, break, damage
  9. to feel something intensely
  10. to joke, to kid
  11. to hate, to piss one off

interjection

  1. fuck!
  2. jeez!, damn! (expression of surprise)

adverb

  1. the fuck (as an intensifier)

In Spanish

  1. Provocar a alguno molestias o incomodidades, en particular con ánimo jocoso.
  2. Malograr el funcionamiento o propósito de algo.
  3. Fornicar.
  4. Propinar una golpiza.
  5. Abusar de la confianza que le brinda una persona.
  6. Úsase para expresar sorpresa, incomodidad o enfado.

Etymology

From older *hoder, from Old Spanish foder, from Latin futuere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”). The unexpected initial /x/ instead of being silent comes from the frequent emphasis on the /h/ sound. Compare Spanish jamelgo from Latin famelicus. Cognate with English footle, Catalan fotre, French foutre, Italian fottere, Portuguese foder, Galician foder, Romanian fute, and…

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