joder

Spanish

Etymology

From older hoder, from Old Spanish foder, from Latin futuere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”). Compare English footle, Catalan fotre, French foutre, Italian fottere, Portuguese foder and Romanian fute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: jo‧der

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Verb

joder (first-person singular present jodo, first-person singular preterite jodí, past participle jodido)

1. (vulgar, transitive) to annoy, bug, bother, irritate

   Synonyms: fastidiar, molestar

   Deja de joder a mi perro.

   Stop annoying my dog.

   • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter I, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 11:

     Me jode ir al Kronen los sábados por la tarde porque está siempre hasta el culo de gente.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (vulgar, intransitive) to tell annoying jokes

   Synonym: contar chistes malos

   No jodas, que ese chiste no tiene gracia.

   Don't fuck around like that, that joke is not funny.

3. (vulgar, intransitive) to be very annoying, difficult, tiring (be difficult)

   Cómo jode este trabajo.

   This job is so fucking hard.

   Qué me jode tener que esperarlos siempre.

   Having to wait for them every time is so annoying.

4. (vulgar, reflexive, intransitive) to become ruined, fucked (said of a thing)

   Synonym: arruinarse

   Ya se nos jodió todo el viaje. ― Our whole trip is fucked now.

5. (vulgar, reflexive, intransitive, Spain) to become ruined, fucked (said of a person)

   Synonyms: irse a la mierda, (Spain) irse a tomar por culo

   ¡Jódete, y que se joda tu madre también!

   Fuck you, and fuck your mother too!

6. (vulgar, transitive, intransitive, Spain, Costa Rica) to fuck, to have sex

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder

   Oí a mis amigos jodiendo en la otra habitación.

   I heard my friends fucking in the other room.

7. (vulgar, transitive) to fuck over, to put someone in a difficult situation

   Synonyms: arruinar la situación, poner en jaque

   Ahora sí que nos han jodido después de subirnos la renta.

   They have really fucked us now that they've raised our rent.

   Me jodiste con esa pregunta.

   You put me in a difficult situation with that question.

   Como no llegó a tiempo, se jodió.

   Since she didn't arrive on time, she fucking put up with it.

8. (mildly vulgar, transitive, Dominican Republic, Mexico, El Salvador, Spain) to fuck up, smash, wreak, break, damage

   Synonyms: estropear, cargarse

   ¡Me jodiste la máquina!

   You fucked up my machine!

Conjugation

Derived terms

Interjection

¡joder!

1. (vulgar, Spain) fuck!

   Synonyms: ¡mierda!, (euphemism) ¡miércoles de ceniza!, (euphemism, Spain) ¡jolín!, (euphemism, Spain) ¡jolines!

   • 1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Sensini”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:

     Es que él era un escritor muy bueno, dije yo. Joder, dijo Miranda y se levantó y salió al patio, como si yo hubiera dicho algo que la hubiera ofendido.

     "He was a good writer", I said. "Fuck!", said Miranda, who then stood up and went out to the garden, as if I had said something offensive to her.

2. (vulgar, Spain) jeez!, damn! (expression of surprise)

   Synonyms: ¡qué barbaridad!, (Spain) ¡hostia!

Further reading

• “joder”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “joder” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.