How to Say Swearing in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say swearing in different languages. This page features translation of the word "swearing" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce swearing and how to read it.
Saying Swearing in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say swearing | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | sharje | |
| Basque | zin eginez | |
| Belarusian | лаянка [lajanka] | |
| Bosnian | psovanje | |
| Bulgarian | псувни [psuvni] | |
| Catalan | jurant | |
| Corsican | ghjurà | |
| Croatian | psovanje | |
| Czech | nadávky | |
| Danish | at bande | |
| Dutch | vloeken | |
| Estonian | vandumine | |
| Finnish | kiroilua | |
| French | Jurer | |
| Frisian | swarre | |
| Galician | xurando | |
| German | Fluchen | |
| Greek | ορκωμοσία [orkomosía] | |
| Hungarian | káromkodás | |
| Icelandic | blóta | |
| Irish | ag mionnú | |
| Italian | parolacce | |
| Latvian | zvērestu | |
| Lithuanian | keikdamasis | |
| Luxembourgish | geschwuer | |
| Macedonian | пцуење [pcuenje] | |
| Maltese | ġurament | |
| Norwegian | banning | |
| Polish | przysięga | |
| Portuguese | palavrões | |
| Romanian | înjurând | |
| Russian | клятва [klyatva] | |
| Scots Gaelic | mionnachadh | |
| Serbian | псовке [psovke] | |
| Slovak | nadávky | |
| Slovenian | preklinjanje | |
| Spanish | Jurando | |
| Swedish | svära | |
| Tatar | ант итү | |
| Ukrainian | лайка [layka] | |
| Welsh | rhegi | |
| Yiddish | שװערן [shvern] | |
Saying Swearing in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say swearing | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | հայհոյանք [hayhoyank’] | |
| Azerbaijani | söyüş söymək | |
| Bengali | শপথ [śapatha] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 脏话 [zānghuà] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 髒話 [zānghuà] | |
| Georgian | გინება [gineba] | |
| Gujarati | શપથ [śapatha] | |
| Hindi | शपथ - ग्रहण [shapath - grahan] | |
| Hmong | cog lus | |
| Japanese | 誓う | |
| Kannada | ಶಪಥ ಮಾಡುವುದು [śapatha māḍuvudu] | |
| Kazakh | ант беру [ant berw] | |
| Khmer | ស្បថ | |
| Korean | 서약 [seoyag] | |
| Kyrgyz | ант берүү [ant berüü] | |
| Lao | ສາບານ [saban] | |
| Malayalam | ആണയിടുന്നു [aanayidunnu] | |
| Marathi | शपथ घेणे [śapatha ghēṇē] | |
| Mongolian | хараал [kharaal] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ကျိန်ဆိုခြင်း။ [ kyaneso hkyinn ] | |
| Nepali | कसम खाँदै [kasama khām̐dai] | |
| Odia | ଶପଥ | |
| Pashto | قسم خوړل | |
| Punjabi | ਸਹੁੰ [sahu] | |
| Sindhi | قسم کڻڻ | |
| Sinhala | දිවුරනවා [divuranavā] | |
| Tajik | дашном додан | |
| Tamil | சத்தியம் [sattiyam] | |
| Telugu | ప్రమాణ స్వీకారం [pramāṇa svīkāraṁ] | |
| Thai | สาบาน | |
| Turkish | küfür | |
| Turkmen | ant içmek | |
| Urdu | حلف اٹھانا | |
| Uyghur | قەسەم قىلىش | |
| Uzbek | qasam ichish | |
| Vietnamese | Chửi thề | |
Saying Swearing in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say swearing | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | أداء اليمين الدستورية ['ada' alyamin aldusturia] | |
| Hebrew | שְׁבוּעָה | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | sond dixwar | |
| Persian | قسم خوردن | |
Saying Swearing in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say swearing | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | vloek | |
| Amharic | መሳደብ [mesadebi] | |
| Chichewa | kutukwana | |
| Hausa | zagi | |
| Igbo | na-aṅụ iyi | |
| Kinyarwanda | kurahira | |
| Sesotho | mahlapa | |
| Shona | kutuka | |
| Somali | aflagaado | |
| Swahili | kuapa | |
| Xhosa | Ukuthuka | |
| Yoruba | búra | |
| Zulu | inhlamba | |
Saying Swearing in Austronesian Languages
| Language | Ways to say swearing | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | pagpanumpa | |
| Filipino | pagmumura | |
| Hawaiian | hoohiki ino | |
| Indonesian | Bersumpah | |
| Javanese | sumpah | |
| Malagasy | fianianana | |
| Malay | mengumpat | |
| Maori | te oati | |
| Samoan | palauvale | |
| Sundanese | nyumpahan | |
Saying Swearing in Other Foreign Languages
| Language | Ways to say swearing | |
|---|---|---|
| Esperanto | ĵurante | |
| Haitian Creole | sèmante | |
| Latin | juramentum | |
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"Swearing in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/swearing. Accessed 01 Oct 2023.
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