fanculo

Italian

Etymology

Clipping of vaffanculo.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

fanculo

  1. (vulgar) fuck you!, fuck off!
  2. (vulgar) fuck
  3. (vulgar) fuck it, fuck that, fuck this
    • 2007, “Puro Bogotà”, in Vile Denaro, performed by Club Dogo:
      Fanculo Tony Montana, fra il mondo è mio, zio!
      Fuck Tony Montana, bro, the world is mine, dude!
  4. (vulgar, slang) far away, in the middle of nowhere
    Synonym: culonia
    Il pallone è andato a fanculo.
    The ball has gone very far.

Usage notes

By rebracketing the original vaffanculo as if it were va' a fanculo, all other verb forms become viable, with only the original 2nd person singular non-reflexive imperative being univerbated (compare the reflexive formation vattene a fanculo, where there is no univerbation).

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