jebote

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From jebao +‎ te as originally used in expressions with a following noun X, literally ‘X fucked you’ or (with a jussive interpretation) ‘may X fuck you’.

Interjection

jebote (Cyrillic spelling јеботе)

(vulgar) fuck, holy shit, for fuck's sake (expressing surprise or frustration)
Kako si uradio test? ― How did you do on the test?

Aaa, jebote, nisam ništa znao! ― Aaah! For fuck's sake! I didn't know anything!

Koliko si para dobio? ― How much money did you get?

Pedeset. ― Fifty.

Jebote, pedeset?! ― Holy shit! Only fifty?!
(vulgar) used as an intensifier
Gd(j)e si, jebote, bio c(ij)elo ovo vr(ij)eme? ― Where the fuck have you been all this time?!