joder.
to annoy, bug, bother, irritate
Meaning & usage
to annoy, bug, bother, irritate
Deja de joder a mi perro.
Estábamos jodiéndote.
to tell annoying jokes
No jodas, que ese chiste no tiene gracia.
to be very annoying, difficult, tiring (be difficult)
Cómo jode este trabajo.
Qué me jode tener que esperarlos siempre.
to become ruined, fucked (said of a thing)
Ya se nos jodió todo el viaje.
Se jodió la fiesta.
to become ruined, fucked (said of a person)
¡Jódete, y que se joda tu madre también!
Me jodí, parece muy difícil.
to fuck, to have sex
Oí a mis amigos jodiendo en la otra habitación.
to fuck over, to put someone in a difficult situation
Ahora sí que nos han jodido después de subirnos la renta.
Me jodiste con esa pregunta.
to fuck up, smash, wreak, break, damage
¡Me jodiste la máquina!
¡Me jodiste la computadora!
to feel something intensely
Me jodo de miedo.
to joke, to kid
Yo te estaba jodiendo.
to hate, to piss one off
Me jode comer manzanas.
Where this word comes from
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 Sicilian fùttiri. Attested since 18th century.
fuck!
¡Joder, Hoy es un buen día!
Joder, qué buena idea.
jeez!, damn! (expression of surprise)
Where this word comes from
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 Sicilian fùttiri. Attested since 18th century.
the fuck (as an intensifier)
¿Pero qué joder es esto?
Where this word comes from
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 Sicilian fùttiri. Attested since 18th century.
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