Appendix:Glossary of Romanian profanity

Romanian profanity (înjurătură) refers to a set of words considered blasphemous or inflammatory in the Romanian language.

The Romanian language is considered to have a huge set of inflammatory terms and phrases. Profanities rarely differ from region to region in Romania, but there are differences when taking into account languages related to Romanian, such as the Aromanian and Megleno-Romanian languages.

These are words generally used of or toward a person, expressing strong distaste in them or their actions.

• bulangiu, fundaș, poponar, găozar: Male homosexual, roughly the equivalent of "fag". Bulangiu is also used for a man who doesn't want to do something that the one who calls him as such thinks he should do (roughly equivalent to "dork", "dick", "hater").
• puțoi: the possesor of a 'puță'; it is used as an insult and is roughly equivalent to "punk" as in a boy that is not mature yet
• pizdar: a womanizer, someone who is obsessed with women, "chases skirts" (also "afemeiat", "fustangiu").
• pește: pimp (literally fish)
• nenorocitule: Motherfucker.
• mama dracului: "devil's mother" used the same as "shit!" in English when something goes wrong; "căcat" (the Romanian word for "shit") can also be
• lăbar, labagiu: jerk-off; a person that masturbates too often
• curvă, târfă, traseistă, muistă: prostitute (muistă is a derivation usually denoting oral sex)

• pulă: dick, penis.
• puță: a softer version of 'pulă' usually meaning the penis of a child (that hasn't reached puberty yet) or a very small penis. Other words for this include 'cocoș' (literally 'cock'), 'cocoșel' (literally 'little cock') or 'puțulică' (little 'puță').
• coaie (plural of coi): testicles from the latin cōleus, cōleī. The word "coaie" can also be used as a means of addressing someone especially a young man (never a girl or woman) in a manner roughly equivalent to using "dude" or "mate" in English speaking countries, for example "Salut, coaie, ce faci?" literally means "Hi, balls, how are you doing?". Most young people see nothing wrong in being addressed in this manner whilst older people might be offended.

• balcoane (plural of balcon): a woman's breasts (literally "balconies")
• pizdă,fofo, păsărică: vagina, pussy
• lindic: clitoris ('clitoris' is also used in regular language), coming from the latin landīca
• bulan: roughly equivalent to "dumb luck" but it can also mean a woman's thigh (or leg) the word "burlan"(meaning water drainage pipe) is also used
• a bulăni: to touch or caress a woman's thighs (is considered offensive by some women unless they agree to it and can result in charges of sexual harassment)
• găoz:equivalent to "ass hole"
• fleașcă: literally "wet" - is a diferent way to say "pizda"
• savarină: literally "savarin" (a french desert) - another word for the vagina

• buci (plural of bucă): ass cheeks.
• floci (plural of floc): pubic hairs.
• căcat: shit
• căcare: shitting; shit as in "to take a shit" from the latin word "cacāre" meaning to defecate
• laba: masturbation (literally "paw")
• cur: ass
• popou: ass, tush
• găoază: asshole (literally "hole")
• ochi(ul) maro : asshole (literally "the brown eye")
• futai, futere: sexual intercourse
• muie: blowjob, oral sex ("muie" comes from "muian" which is an old Romanian word for "face" still used in some rural areas although "față" is now used the most.
• caca: children's word for shit
• pipi: children's word for piss
• pișat: piss

• sloboz: roughly equivalent to "cum" (sperm)
• smecleu: another less common word for 'sloboz'
• malachie: a word that has its origins in Greek or Romani, that refers to semen seeping from the vagina.
• mehlem: it describes a state of cum, after a few minutes in open air.
• zmatca: it is the second grade of cum degradation, after 'mehlem', meaning the state of cum after it stayed under sunlight for a few hours. It now has a certain smell of rotten egg and a disgraceful view
• hasmaz,carmaz: it is the final state of cum degradation, similar to 'zmatca coclita', used to describe something particularly disgusting.

As in English with phrases such as "go fuck yourself," Romanian has many common (and sometimes lengthy) vulgar interjections.

• băga-mi-aș pula: literally "I would stick my dick into" roughly equvalent of "fuck!" in English
• mănânci căcat: literally "you eat shit" roughly equivalent to "talk shit" in English
• sugi pula: one of the most commonly used Romanian profanities, it literally means "you suck cock," generally used to mean "blow me"
• Bat si fut ca mașina de cusut : "I beat and fuck(hard and fast) like a sewing machine "
• ia pula: an alternative to "sugi pula", it literally means "take the dick"
• îți dau la muie: another way of saying "I fuck your mouth"
• ia la muie!: "Get fucked in the mouth!"
• mânca-mi-ai... !: "Eat my..." Used in conjunction with a variety of words, including pula, pizda, coaiele, curul and căcatul
• ce pula mea ?: literally "What my dick," equivalent to "what the fuck" in English. Expresses a state of confusion, frustration, uncertainty. It is also used in place of simply "ce" as a strong intensifier (as in "de ce pula mea," meaning "why the fuck")
• futu-ți morții tăi: literally "fuck your dead relatives" it is a common profanity in Romania although some people may consider it a blasphemy as it means disrespect for the dead. Can also be stated as "lua-ti-as mortii in pula" meaning "I should take all your dead relatives in my dick"
• futu-ți Paștele mă-tii : "Fuck your mom's easter"
• mă piș pe tine (pe voi)!: "I piss on you!"
• ești futut în cur: you are "high and mighty"(literally "you are fucked in your ass"
• mă cac pe tine: I shit on you
• du-te-n pizda mă-tii: "Go into your mother's pussy" (literal translation); formal meaning: "Go fuck your mother" or "Go fuck yourself".
• du-te-n pula mea: "Go into my dick" (literal translation; it means being penetrated by one's cock); formal meaning: "Fuck off".
• (la) naiba': (to) the devil; roughly, equivalent to "damn"
• (la) dracu: (to) the devil (from the latin "draco" meaning devil); equivalent to "damn!", "(be) damned!"
• du-te la dracu: "go to hell!", literally "go to the devil"; also "du-te dracului"
• nu mă fute, nu te fute cu mine: don't fuck with me
• te fut în gură: I fuck your mouth (also "futu-te-n gura" and "ti-o dau sus"), but more accurately "Blow me".
• te fut în cur: I fuck your ass
• dracu' să te ia: "the devil should take you"
• să fii al dracului: "you should belong to the devil", "go to hell"
• să fiu al dracului or al dracului să fiu: "I'll be damned!".
• fugi mai tare că te prinde pula mare: "run faster or the big cock will catch you!"

This includes simple verbs and verb phrases.

• a o pune: to have sexual intercourse (literally "to put it," "it" being the penis)
• a și-o trage: to have sexual intercourse (literally "to pull it," with "it," as above, being the penis)
• a da în geantă: to have sexual intercourse (literally "to hit the purse")
• a băga mielu' la căldură: to have sexual intercourse (literally "to take the lamb somewhere warm")
• a o lua în mână: to masturbate (literally "to grab it with the hand")
• a face degețica: to finger somebody or one's self (usually used for female masturbation)
• a (se) fute: to have sexual intercourse (from the latin "futuere"). The word can be used in a number of ways for example if one asks if a young female "se fute" this means he actually inquires if she has had sex before or if she is open to the idea.
• a codoși: to pimp someone
• a face trotuarul: literally meaning 'doing the sidewalk' means prostituting one's self(because prostitutes often stand on sidewalks while attempting to attract potential customers. A similar expression is 'a vinde pizda' which literally means "selling pussy". In regular language "a se prostitua", "to prostitute one's self" is used.
• a da nămolul (lutul) la deal: literally meaning "to push the mud (clay) uphill" means "to fuck in the ass"
• a arăta muie: showing the middle finger pointing upwards roughly equivalent to "flipping the bird" in English
• a beli pula: "To flay the penis". Can also mean 'To get in trouble'
• a suge moțul pulii : means to suck the cock's head
• a te durea în pulă: "To have your dick hurt" - To not care, equivalent of the English 'I dont give a fuck'
• a ți se rupe (pula): "To have your dick broken" - Another idiom meaning to not care
• a se face pulă: "To become a penis!" - To get drunk
• a-i fute cuiva una: Literally "to fuck one to somebody" - to hit someone. Not sexual and not to be confused with "a fute".

• Usca-mi-aș chiloții pe crucea lu mă-ta : "I would like to dry my underpants on your mother’s cross"
• Sufla-ți-aș cu curul in lingură cand te arde ciorba la gura : "I can blow farts in your spoon when the soup is too hot for you"
• Să-mi fac niste schiuri din crucea mă-tii: "Let me make some ski from your mom's cross!"
• Să mă tragi de floci (cu dintii): "Pull my pubic hair (with your teeth)"!
• Plimba-mi-aș coaiele pe coliva mă-tii din bomboană in bomboană: "I take my balls for a walk on your mother’s funeral meal from one candy to the next" . This is the toughest of all. Your can use this when a friend's mom recently died.
• Da-mi-ai limbi in cur să-mi ciufulești căcătul : "Stick your tongue in my ass to ruffle my shit"
• Lingea-mi-ai branza de pe rafturile pulii!: "Lick the cheese from my dick’s shelves! The cheese means the sperm.
• Șparcai-m-aș in ciorba lu mă-ta: "I will shit liquid"

• Să-mi bag pula!: "May I insert my penis!" - Can be used in a variety of ways and can denote frustration, amazement and hopelessness, depending on the tone
• Bag pula!: "I insert my penis" - Said after losing all hope of achieving something
• Pula mea!: "My penis!" - 'I am completely clueless'
• Mâncați-aș pula!: "I'd eat your penis!" - 'Pretty please!'. Can also be used in conjunction with other different terms from 'pula', like "ochii" (the eyes), "gura" (the mouth) or even "Mâncați-aș bomboanele de pe colivă" (I'd eat the candy off your funeral meal). Not to be confused with "Mâncami-ai pula", which is second-person and is in fact offensive.
• Fix pula!: "Penis exactly!" - Used to underline the complete lack of a result regarding a problem - 'Our attempt was futile'
• O pulă!: "A penis!" - Absolutely nothing
• Ca pula!: "Like a penis!" - Inappropriate, given the context
• S-a dus pe pulă: "It went on top of a penis!" - It was ruined/It failed completely, used the same as 'It went to shit'
• Pielea pulii!: "Skin of the penis" - Not an affluent individual
• Ete pula!: "Behold the penis!" - 'No way, José'
• În pulă cu satelitul!: "Toward the penis, by means of satellite!" - Very far away
• O pulă de om!: "A penis of a person" - A total asshole
• Om de pula lui: "Person of his own penis" - A successful individual
• De pulă să mă treci strada!: "So you can hold me by the penis in order to help me cross the road!" - Used as a condescending answer to a question starting with "Why". For example: "De ce nu mi-ai zis înainte că trebuia să scoatem bani de la bancomat?"; "De pulă să mă treci strada!"
• Un pulete/pulifrici: Blends derived from the word 'pula' to reffer to somebody - An insignificant individual
• Pulică frânaru'!: "Little penis, the brakeman" - Another word for someone who is insignificant
• La pulivară: a portmanteau between 'pula' and 'primăvară', made to sound like a made-up season - 'When hell freezes over'
• Mai știe pula!: "Only the penis knows!" - 'I completely forgot'
• Pula nu știe carte!: "The penis doesn't know how to read" - Love is blind
• Făcută în ciuda pulii: "Made to spite the penis" - An attractive woman
• Îți bați pula de mine?: "Are you beating your penis against me?" - Are you taking me for a fool?
• Râzi ca proasta la pulă!: "You're laughing like a stupid woman does upon seeing a penis! - Your laughter is inappropriate
• Și cu pula în cur și cu sufletul în rai: "A penis in the ass and your soul in heaven" - Have your cake and eat it too
• Pula-n cur și bani de drum!: "Penis in the ass and money for the road" -
• Dă-te că-mi bag pula: "Move so I can insert my penis" - 'Hold my ber!'
• Când o face pizda dinte: "When the vagina grows teeth" - 'When hell freezes over'
• Moaș-ta pe gheață: "Your grandma on ice"
• Făcut din labă și cărat de muscă-n pizdă: "Made from masturbation and carried by a fly into the vagina".
• În cur după ușă: "Behind the door and up my ass" - condescending answer to a question starting with "where"

Nu întoarce vântul pomul cum întoarce pizda omul.

The wind doesn't turn a tree over the was a hoe does to a person.

Omului sărac nici boii nu-i trag, îi cade pâinea-n căcat și ii se scoală pula în biserică.

A poor man's oxes don't plow, his breads falls into shit and he gets hard in church.

Omul ghinionist găsește cuie și în pizdă.

An unlucky man finds nails even inside of the vagina.

Bună-i berea, nu-i ca vinul, dar nici laba ca vaginul.

Beer is good, not quite like wine, but jerking off isn't quite like a vagina either.

Facerea de bine e futere de mamă.

Doing good is like fucking your own mother. (Used when you do someone a favor but you regret it afterwards).

Nu umbla cu curul gol pe lângă pula sculată.

Don't wander with your bare ass next to the erect dick.

Cu pula și cu semnătura nu te joci.

You don't play around with the dick and with your signature.

Viața e ca părul din cur, scurtă și plină de căcat.

Life is like the hair inside the ass. Short and full of shit.

Cu o lingură de căcat strici o oală de sarmale.

A spoonful of shit is enough to ruin a pot of sarma.

Morții se-mput, viii se fut.

The dead are rotting, the living are fucking.

Gura bate curul și pula bate gura.

The mouth beats the ass and the dick beats the mouth.

Pișarea fără bășină e ca nunta fără lăutari.

Pissing without farting is like a wedding without musicians.

Dacă nu belești ochii, belești pula.

If you dont open your eyes widely, you get in trouble.

Pula nu are umeri, bagi capul și s-a dus!

The dick lacks shoulders, once you get the head in, it's gone!

O viață ai și-o gaură-n cur.

You have one life and a hole in your ass.

Fuți, nu fuți, vremea pulii trece.

Whether you fuck or not, the time of the dick passes.

Ce are pula cu prefectura?

What does the penis have to do with the prefect's office? You're comparing apples and oranges

- Ce sunt alea?

- Nuci.

- De pulă să mă apuci

- What are those?

- They're walnuts.

- Grab me by the dick

You are meant to say this one somebody who carries actual walnuts.

- Vezi că stai pe ele!

- Pe ce?

- Pe coaiele mele!

Hey, you're sitting on them!

On what?

On my balls!

Cine citește pula belește

If you are reading this, you are flaying the dick.

Meant to be written down

- Știi gluma cu Tudor?

- Tu dormeai când o futeam pe mă-ta!

- Do you know the joke about Tudor?

- You were sleeping when I was fucking your mom!

- Știi bancul cu Marin?

- M-ar interesa mă-ta. Dar cu sorin îl știi?

- S-or interesa și alții de ea

- Do you know the joke about Marin?

- I would be interested in your mom. But do you know the one about Sorin?

- Others may also be interested in her

- Știi bancul cu Ceașcă?

- Ce-aș călări-o pe mă-ta!

- Do you know the joke about Ceașcă?

- How I'd ride your mom!

Ceașcă is a nickname used to reffer to Nicolae Ceaușescu

- Știi gluma cu săpun?

- Să pun pula pe tine!

- Do you know the joke about soap?

- I'd put my dick on you!

- Știi bancul cu bufnița?

- Bufni-ți-aș pula-n gât!

- Do you know the joke about the owl?

- I'll smack my dick into your throat!

- Știi gluma cu iarba?

- Iar bag pula-n mă-ta!

- Do you know the joke about the grass?

- I'm once again inserting my dick into your mom!

- Știi gluma cu vaca?

- O vacă păștea iar bag pula-n mă-ta

- Do you know the joke with the cow?

- A cow was eating- I'm once again inserting my dick into your mom!

- Știi gluma cu tumbele?

- Tu-mi belești pula!

- Do you know the joke about the somersaults?

- You are flaying my dick!

- Știi gluma cu ambele?

- belești pula!

- Do you know the joke about the both of them?

- You are flaying my dick!

- Știi bancul cu măru'?

- Mă rumegi de pulă!

- Do you know the joke about the apple?

- You are ruminating my dick!

- Știi gluma cu lupu'? - Lu' pula mea îi place de tine!

- Do you know the joke about the wolf?

- My dick is fond of you!

- Ştii bancul cu Enescu?

- E nesculată...

- Dar bancul cu Ionescu îl ştii?

- nesculată nu ţi-o dau.

- Dar p-ăla cu Sorescu îl ştii?

- S-o resculăm.

- Do you know the joke about Enescu?

- It's flacid...

- But do you know the one about Ionescu?

- I am not giving it to you flacid.

- But do you know the one about Sorescu?

- Let's make it erect again.

- Știi bancul cu timpul?

- mea!

- Do you know the joke about time?

- Go into my dick!

- Știi bancul cu cireșe?

- Nici eu, dar vii și ne (vișine) sugi pula!

- Do you know the joke about cherries?

- I don't either but you may come and suck us off!

- Știi bancul cu bascula?

- Țâr, țâr, țâr, beli-mi-ai pula!

- Dar bancul cu podul îl știi?

- Peste pod trecea bascula, țâr, țâr, țâr, beli-mi-ai pula!

- Dar cu lacul îl știi?

- Peste lac trecea un pod, peste pod trecea bascula, țâr, țâr, țâr, beli-mi-ai pula!

- Do you know the joke about the dump truck?

- Țâr, țâr, țâr, flay my dick!

- But do you know the one about the bridge?

- Across a bridge there was a dump truck, țâr, țâr, țâr, flay my dick!

- But do you know the one about the lake?

- Across a lake there was a bridge, across the bridge there was a dump truck, țâr, țâr, țâr, flay my dick!

An infinite number of layers can be easily added to the joke

- Știi gluma cu mătase?

- Mă-ta se pune capră!

- Do you know the joke about silk?

- You mom is bending over!

- Știi bancul cu Cico?

- Cic-o fut pe mă-ta!

- Dar pe ăla cu Pepsi, îl știi?

- Pepsi n-avem, dar cic-o fut pe mă-ta!

- Dar pe cel cu Cola, îl știi?

- Cola n-avem, Pepsi n-avem, dar cic-o fut pe mă-ta!

- Do you know the joke about Cico?

- I've heard I'm fucking your mom!

- But do you know the one about Pepsi?

- We do not have Pepsi, but I've heard I'm fucking your mom!

- But do you know the one about Coke?

- We dont have Coke, we dont have Pepsi, but I've heard I'm fucking your mom!

Cico is an old Romanian communist soda

- Știi bancul cu vinete?

- Vine, te fute și pleacă!

- Do you know the joke about eggplants?

- They come, they fuck you and they leave!

- Știi bancul cu cămașa?

- Cam așa o fut pe mă-ta!

- Do you know the joke about the shirt?

- This is how I fuck your mother!

- Știi bancul cu Milka?

- Mi-l cam sugi!

- Do you know the joke about Milka?

- You're kinda sucking me off!

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