cabrón 'male goat', gallo 'rooster', cerdo 'pig'). Sexual taboo words that describe a masculine sexuality may be used in a positive sense (e.g. ¡joder! 'fuck!', ¡chingados! 'fuckers!') or to excretions or sexual organs ( ¡mierda! ' shit!', ¡coño! 'pussy!'). ¡me cago en tu puta madre! 'fuck your whore of a mother!', in which 'me cago' out of context means 'I shit', but in this sentence it expresses disregard).Įmphatic exclamations, not aimed to insult but to express strong emotion, often include words for sexual relations (e.g. A particularly forceful Spanish insult is any mention of someone else's mother, including also in its strongest form (e.g. maricón 'faggot', puto 'male prostitute'). puta, 'whore', perra ' bitch') or implying a lack of masculinity if the insulted person is male (e.g. Spanish insults are often of a sexual nature, taking the form of implying a lack of sexual decency if the insulted person is a woman (e.g. In Spanish, as in most languages, swear words tend to come from semantic domains considered taboo, such as human excretions, sexuality, and religion, and swearing serves several functions in discourse. 3.6 Other terms denoting male genitalia.3.4.1 Oversized testicles as a marker of complacency.
