{"id":75907,"date":"2022-11-09T10:38:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T10:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/?p=75907"},"modified":"2025-12-20T20:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T20:12:23","slug":"bad-words-in-portuguese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/bad-words-in-portuguese\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Aware: Bad Words in Portuguese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the things we love to do when meeting someone that speaks another language is asking them to teach us a few bad words in their mother tongue, right? And, of course, if you are in the process of studying Brazilian Portuguese, you might be looking forward to learning some bad words in Portuguese as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bad-words-in-portuguese.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-76417\" src=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bad-words-in-portuguese-e1581004356857-150x150.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bad-words-in-portuguese-e1581004356857-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bad-words-in-portuguese-e1581004356857-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bad-words-in-portuguese-e1581004356857.png 222w, https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bad-words-in-portuguese-e1581004356857-105x105.png 105w, https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bad-words-in-portuguese-e1581004356857-212x212.png 212w, https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bad-words-in-portuguese-e1581004356857-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bad-words-in-portuguese-e1581004356857-56x56.png 56w, https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bad-words-in-portuguese-e1581004356857-69x69.png 69w, https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bad-words-in-portuguese-e1581004356857-145x145.png 145w\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>In Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro, we have a bad habit of using bad words a lot. Not only when we swear, but also to express the intensity of our feelings \u2014 when we are extremely happy, when something is too awesome, when we feel pain\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of course, we need to be cautious. Just because Cariocas like to use bad words, it doesn\u2019t mean it is acceptable to use them in every social situation. And it is very important for all of us to understand the various meanings of the bad words in Portuguese so we do not use them inappropriately.<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/bad-words-in-portuguese\/#Lets_learn_a_few_bad_words_in_Portuguese\" >Let\u2019s learn a few bad words in Portuguese!<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/bad-words-in-portuguese\/#Arrombado\" >Arrombado<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/bad-words-in-portuguese\/#Babaca\" >Babaca<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/bad-words-in-portuguese\/#Caralho\" >Caralho<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/bad-words-in-portuguese\/#Cu\" >Cu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/bad-words-in-portuguese\/#Filho_da_puta\" >Filho da puta<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/bad-words-in-portuguese\/#Foda\" >Foda<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/bad-words-in-portuguese\/#Merda\" >Merda<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/bad-words-in-portuguese\/#Piranha\" >Piranha<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/bad-words-in-portuguese\/#Porra\" >Porra<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lets_learn_a_few_bad_words_in_Portuguese\"><\/span>Let\u2019s learn a few bad words in Portuguese!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Arrombado\"><\/span>Arrombado<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Someone who is not a good person. Someone who acted in a bad way, hurting people, thinking only about themselves or making people feel uncomfortable. Arrombado is a really bad word, it is a reference to the anus of someone. If you want to use a more acceptable word with the same meaning, you can use \u201c<em>vacil\u00e3o<\/em>\u201c, which is slang but not a bad word in Portuguese. (Check more Brazilian slang, such as\u00a0<em>vacil\u00e3o<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/the-ultimate-list-of-carioca-slang\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<!--Simplest syntax--> <audio src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/arrombado.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"> I&#8217;m sorry. You&#8217;re browser doesn&#8217;t support HTML5 <code>audio<\/code><\/audio>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Babaca\"><\/span>Babaca<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Babaca can be used with the same meaning as \u201c<em>arrombado<\/em>\u201c. Even though it is a bad word, it\u2019s not as bad as the last one. The person who is called a \u2018<em>babaca<\/em>\u2018 usually did something stupid but not as bad as an \u2018<em>arrombado<\/em>\u2018.<\/p>\n<!--Simplest syntax--> <audio src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/babaca.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"> I&#8217;m sorry. You&#8217;re browser doesn&#8217;t support HTML5 <code>audio<\/code><\/audio>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Caralho\"><\/span>Caralho<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Caralho is one of the bad words in Portuguese used to describe the male sexual organ. Other bad words in Portuguese with the same meaning are\u00a0<em>pinto, pau, cacete, rola, piroca,\u00a0<\/em>etc. We use the word with this exact meaning in a sexual situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, it is also a bad word used to curse when you feel pain, when going through a hard time or when you are stressed. We just shout the word!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Furthermore, this bad word is used to intensify emotions \u2014 such as surprise, anger, happiness \u2014 and great amounts (example: \u2018<em>frio pra caralho<\/em>\u2018, means too cold; \u2018<em>gente pra caralho<\/em>\u2018 means too many people).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There\u2019s also an expression, \u2018<em>vai pro caralho<\/em>\u2018, that in English has the same meaning as \u2018go to hell\u2019, but in a more hurtful way. It is commonly used when people are having an ugly fight.<\/p>\n<!--Simplest syntax--> <audio src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/caralho.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"> I&#8217;m sorry. You&#8217;re browser doesn&#8217;t support HTML5 <code>audio<\/code><\/audio>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cu\"><\/span>Cu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The anus. There are lots of different expressions using this word. The most popular one is \u2018<em>vai tomar no cu<\/em>\u2018, which has the same meaning as \u2018<em>vai pro caralho<\/em>\u2018, as mentioned above.<\/p>\n<!--Simplest syntax--> <audio src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cu.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"> I&#8217;m sorry. You&#8217;re browser doesn&#8217;t support HTML5 <code>audio<\/code><\/audio>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Filho_da_puta\"><\/span>Filho da puta<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Same thing as \u2018son of a bitch\u2019 in English. \u2018<em>Puta<\/em>\u2018 is an insult to women. Its masculine form, \u2018<em>puto<\/em>\u2018, could also be used as an insult to men, but it is not that common.<\/p>\n<!--Simplest syntax--> <audio src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/filho-da-puta.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"> I&#8217;m sorry. You&#8217;re browser doesn&#8217;t support HTML5 <code>audio<\/code><\/audio>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Foda\"><\/span>Foda<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As we have already mentioned in the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/blog\/adjectives-portuguese\/\">15 Brazilian Portuguese Adjectives Every Beginner Must Know<\/a>\u2018 blog post, \u2018<em>foda<\/em>\u2018 could be used as an adjective, a verb, or a noun. It\u2019s a very common bad word. However, it\u2019s still not acceptable to be said during formal social gatherings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As an adjective, it means something is really cool! Used as a noun, it means the sexual act. And as a verb, it is used to insult people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The expression \u2018<em>vai se foder<\/em>\u2018 is very common. It basically has the same meaning as \u2018<em>vai tomar no cu<\/em>\u2018 or \u2018<em>vai pro caralho<\/em>\u2018 as mentioned above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another popular expression is \u2018<em>foda-se\u2019<\/em>. It is one of the most popular bad words in Portuguese, used when you give up something or just don\u2019t care anymore about something\/someone.<\/p>\n<!--Simplest syntax--> <audio src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/foda.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"> I&#8217;m sorry. You&#8217;re browser doesn&#8217;t support HTML5 <code>audio<\/code><\/audio>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Merda\"><\/span>Merda<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The formal meaning of \u2018<em>merda<\/em>\u2018 is feces. It is used as a single word to curse when you are angry. It can also be used in a sentence to refer to something you are really mad about. (Example: \u2018<em>Essa merda de \u00f4nibus demora muito a passar<\/em>\u2018 = \u2018This fucking bus is taking too long to get here.\u2019)<\/p>\n<!--Simplest syntax--> <audio src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/merda.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"> I&#8217;m sorry. You&#8217;re browser doesn&#8217;t support HTML5 <code>audio<\/code><\/audio>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Piranha\"><\/span>Piranha<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Piranha is a kind of fish. As a bad word, it has the same meaning as <em>puta<\/em>, explained above. It is an insult to women and should not be used. Unfortunately, during the carnival season, it is very common for men to dress up as sexy women and call themselves \u2018<em>piranhas<\/em>\u2018. There are also lots of \u2018<em>blocos de carnaval<\/em>\u2018 called \u2018Bloco das Piranhas\u2019, in which all men dress like that.<\/p>\n<!--Simplest syntax--> <audio src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/piranha.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"> I&#8217;m sorry. You&#8217;re browser doesn&#8217;t support HTML5 <code>audio<\/code><\/audio>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Porra\"><\/span>Porra<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Probably the most common of all bad words in Portuguese. It can be applied just like the word \u2018<em>merda<\/em>\u2018: as a single word used to curse, or in a sentence to intensify the feeling of anger. \u2018<em>Porra<\/em>\u2018 is the vulgar word for semen.<\/p>\n<!--Simplest syntax--> <audio src=\"http:\/\/caminhoslanguages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/porra.mp3\" controls=\"controls\"> I&#8217;m sorry. You&#8217;re browser doesn&#8217;t support HTML5 <code>audio<\/code><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now that you know a lot of bad words in Portuguese, please be careful of when, where, and how you will use them. Be cautious of hurting or offending people. 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