vaffanculo

Italian

Alternative forms

• fanculo! (by shortening)
• vaffa! (euphemistic)
• vai a fanculo!, vai a fare in culo!, vai affanculo!
• vattene a fanculo!, vattene a fare in culo!, vattene affanculo!

Etymology

Contraction of va' a fa' 'n culo, where fa' and 'n are contractions of fare and in, respectively. Literally, “go do [it] in [the] ass”.

Compare French va te faire enculer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaf.fanˈku.lo/
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Hyphenation: vaf‧fan‧cù‧lo

Interjection

vaffanculo

1. (vulgar, slang) fuck you, fuck off, go fuck yourself; get lost, up yours; shove it up your ass.

Synonyms

• vai a farti fottere
• fottiti
• (euphemistic) vai al diavolo! (literally “go to the devil!”), vai a quel paese! (literally “go to that country!”), va' a fa' 'n bagno! (literally “go to take a bath!”), vaffambagno! (literally “go to take a bath!”), fambagno! (literally “go to take a bath!”)
• vai a vendere il culo! (literally “go sell your ass!”)
• fatti dare nel culo! (literally “let them put [it] in your ass!”)
• che ti possano inculare! (literally “may they fuck you off!”)
• (Northern Italy) vai a dare via il culo! (literally “go give away the ass!”)
• (Southern Italy) vattela a pigliare in culo! (literally “go take it up [the] ass!”)
• (Romanesco dialect) vattela a pia' 'n der culo (literally “go take it up the ass!”)

Descendants

• → English: va fangool

Further reading

• Daniela Gobetti (1999) Dictionary of Italian Slang and Colloquial Expressions, Barron's Educational Series, →ISBN, page 323.