Meanings
phrase
alternative whatthefuck
- interrogativeslangvulgarAn intensive form of what.
What the fuck is going on? What the fuck just happened? What the fuck is wrong with you?
1 more example
What the fuck were you thinking? What the fuck was I thinking? What the fuck are you doing?
Synonyms: what in God's name, what in tarnation, what in the world, what on Earth, what the dickens, what the Devil, what the deuce, what the heck
interjection
alternative whatthefuck
- vulgarUsed to express astonishment, shock, incredulity, or disbelief (as an ellipsis of longer expressions).
The proof is on my computer. It’s on all these people’s computers, and everyone around here is just going along with that. What the fuck? [quoting Emilia Jones as Reality Winner in the film Winner]
2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New YorkerSynonyms: what the actual fuck, what on Earth, what in the world, what the...
- vulgarUsed to express nonchalance or the dismissal of any consequences of something one is about to do.
I finally said “eh, what the fuck” and quit my job.
1 more example
Every now and then say, "What the fuck." "What the fuck" gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future.
1983, Risky Business, spoken by Miles (Curtis Armstrong)Synonyms: wtf, WTF, tf, wdf, what the eff, what the fudge, what the flip, what the heck
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseAn intensive form of what.
Similar
what in God's namewhat in tarnationwhat in the worldwhat on Earthwhat the dickenswhat the Devilwhat the deucewhat the heckwhat the hellwhat the heywhat the flying fuckwhat the fishwhat the scallopwhat the sigma
interjectionUsed to express astonishment, shock, incredulity, or disbelief (as an ellipsis of longer expressions).
Similar
interjectionUsed to express nonchalance or the dismissal of any consequences of something one is about to do.
Translations
Afrikaans wat de fok
- wat de fokexpressing astonishment
Ancient Greek τί που
- τί που (tí pou)intensive form of what
Arabic ما نكح, ما نكح
- ما نكحintensive form of what
- ما نكحexpressing astonishment
Bulgarian какво да еба, какво да еба
- какво да еба (kakvo da eba)intensive form of what
- какво да еба (kakvo da eba)expressing astonishment
Catalan què putes, què collons
- què putesintensive form of what
- què collonsintensive form of what
- què collonsexpressing astonishment
- tant se val!expressing nonchalance
- què collonsexpressing nonchalance
Chinese Mandarin 什麼鳥？ /什么鸟？, 什麼鬼 /什么鬼
- 什麼鳥？ /什么鸟？ (shénme niǎo?)intensive form of what
- 什麼鬼 /什么鬼 (shénme guǐ)intensive form of what
- 什麼鳥？ /什么鸟？ (shénme niǎo?)expressing astonishment
- 什麼鬼 /什么鬼 (shénme guǐ)expressing astonishment
Czech co to kurva?, co do prdele?
- co to kurva?intensive form of what
- co do prdele?intensive form of what
- co do hajzlu?intensive form of what
- co do píči?intensive form of what
- co to kurva?expressing astonishment
- co do prdele?expressing astonishment
- co do hajzlu?expressing astonishment
- co do píči?expressing astonishment
Danish hvad helvede, hvad fanden
- hvad helvedeintensive form of what
- hvad fandenintensive form of what
- hvad fuckintensive form of what
- hvad helvedeexpressing astonishment
- hvad fandenexpressing astonishment
- hvad fuckexpressing astonishment
Dutch wat de kanker, wat de fok
- wat de kankerintensive form of what
- wat de fokintensive form of what
- wat de kankerexpressing astonishment
- wat de fokexpressing astonishment
Estonian mida vittu?, mida vittu?
- mida vittu?intensive form of what
- mida vittu?expressing astonishment
Finnish mitä vittua, mitä vittua
- mitä vittuaintensive form of what
- mitä vittuaexpressing astonishment
French c'est quoi ce bordel, qu'est-ce que c'est que cette merde
- c'est quoi ce bordelintensive form of what
- qu'est-ce que c'est que cette merdeintensive form of what
- qu’est-ce que putain de quoiintensive form of what
- c'est quoi ce bordelexpressing astonishment
- qu'est-ce que c'est que cette merdeexpressing astonishment
- qu’est-ce que putain de quoiexpressing astonishment
German was zum Teufel?, was zur Scheiße?
- was zum Teufel?intensive form of what
- was zur Scheiße?intensive form of what
- was zum Teufel?expressing astonishment
- was zur Scheiße?expressing astonishment
- was auch immerexpressing nonchalance
Greek τι στο διάολο, τι στον πούτσο
- τι στο διάολο (ti sto diáolo)intensive form of what
- τι στον πούτσο (ti ston poútso)intensive form of what
- or "Τι μαλακία κάνειςintensive form of what
- "intensive form of what
- στο διάολο (sto diáolo)expressing astonishment
- or "Τι μαλακία κάνειςexpressing astonishment
- "expressing astonishment
Hebrew מה לעזאזל, מה לעזאזל
- מה לעזאזלintensive form of what
- מה לעזאזלexpressing astonishment
- למה לא (lama ló)expressing nonchalance
Hindi क्या छुतिय्यापा है?, क्या छुतिय्यापा है?
- क्या छुतिय्यापा है? (kyā chutiyyāpā hai?)intensive form of what
- क्या छुतिय्यापा है? (kyā chutiyyāpā hai?)expressing astonishment
Hungarian mi a fasz, mi a geci
- mi a faszintensive form of what
- mi a geciintensive form of what
- mi a szarintensive form of what
- mi a lószarintensive form of what
- mi a faszexpressing astonishment
- mi a geciexpressing astonishment
- mi a szarexpressing astonishment
- mi a lószarexpressing astonishment
- mi a faszexpressing nonchalance
Icelandic hvað í fjandanum?, hver fjandinn?
- hvað í fjandanum?intensive form of what
- hver fjandinn?intensive form of what
- hvað í fjandanum?expressing astonishment
- hver fjandinn?expressing astonishment
- skítt með þaðexpressing nonchalance
- fjandinn hafi þaðexpressing nonchalance
Indonesian apa-apaan, apa-apaan
- apa-apaanintensive form of what
- apa-apaanexpressing astonishment
Italian che cazzo, che cazzo
- che cazzointensive form of what
- che cazzoexpressing astonishment
- che cazzoexpressing nonchalance
Japanese 一体なんだ？, 一体全体なんだ？
- 一体なんだ？ (ittai nan da?)intensive form of what
- 一体全体なんだ？ (ittai-zentai nan da?)intensive form of what
- 一体なんだ？ (ittai nan da?)expressing astonishment
- 一体全体なんだ？ (ittai-zentai nan da?)expressing astonishment
Korean 니미럴, 니미럴
- 니미럴 (nimireol)intensive form of what
- 니미럴 (nimireol)expressing astonishment
Malay apa jadah, apa jadah
- apa jadahintensive form of what
- apa jadahexpressing astonishment
Norwegian hva faen, hva i helvete
- hva faenintensive form of what
- hva i helveteintensive form of what
- hva faenexpressing astonishment
- hva i helveteexpressing astonishment
Polish co do kurwy?, co jest kurwa?
- co do kurwy?intensive form of what
- co jest kurwa?intensive form of what
- ki chuj?intensive form of what
- co do chuja?intensive form of what
- co do kurwy?expressing astonishment
- co jest kurwa?expressing astonishment
- ki chuj?expressing astonishment
- co do chuja?expressing astonishment
- jeden chujexpressing nonchalance
Portuguese que caralho/porra/diabos/merda, que porra/diabos/merda
- que caralho/porra/diabos/merdaintensive form of what
- que porra/diabos/merdaexpressing astonishment
- que se fodaexpressing nonchalance
Romanian ce pula mea, ce sloboz
- ce pula meaintensive form of what
- ce slobozintensive form of what
- ce pizda mă-siiintensive form of what
- ce morții mă-siiintensive form of what
- ce căcatintensive form of what
- ce dracu’intensive form of what
- ce naibaintensive form of what
- ce futereintensive form of what
- ce mama draculuiintensive form of what
- ce mama naibiiintensive form of what
- ce pula meaexpressing astonishment
- ce slobozexpressing astonishment
- ce pizda mă-siiexpressing astonishment
- ce morții mă-siiexpressing astonishment
- ce căcatexpressing astonishment
- ce dracu’expressing astonishment
- ce naibaexpressing astonishment
- ce futereexpressing astonishment
- ce mama draculuiexpressing astonishment
- ce mama naibiiexpressing astonishment
Russian како́го ху́я, ху́ли
- како́го ху́я (kakóvo xúja)intensive form of what
- ху́ли (xúli)intensive form of what
- что за хуйня́ (što za xujnjá)intensive form of what
- что за на́хуй (što za náxuj)intensive form of what
- како́го ху́я (kakóvo xúja)expressing astonishment
- ху́ли (xúli)expressing astonishment
- что за хуйня́ (što za xujnjá)expressing astonishment
- что за на́хуй (što za náxuj)expressing astonishment
- хуй с нимexpressing nonchalance
- чёрт с нимexpressing nonchalance
- ну, нахуй (nu, naxuj)expressing nonchalance
Slovak čo to kurva, čo to kurva
- čo to kurvaintensive form of what
- čo to kurvaexpressing astonishment
Spanish qué putas, qué puñetas
- qué putasintensive form of what
- qué puñetasintensive form of what
- qué diablosintensive form of what
- qué carajointensive form of what
- qué mierdaintensive form of what
- qué coñointensive form of what
- qué cojonesintensive form of what
- qué lechesintensive form of what
- qué mamadasintensive form of what
- qué diablosexpressing astonishment
- qué carajoexpressing astonishment
- qué mierdaexpressing astonishment
- qué coñoexpressing astonishment
- qué cojonesexpressing astonishment
- qué lechesexpressing astonishment
- ¡qué más da!expressing nonchalance
- qué coñoexpressing nonchalance
- qué carajoexpressing nonchalance
Swedish vad fittan, vad i hela kuken
- vad fittanintensive form of what
- vad i hela kukenintensive form of what
- vad fanintensive form of what
- vad i helveteintensive form of what
- vad fittanexpressing astonishment
- vad fanexpressing astonishment
- vad i helveteexpressing astonishment
- vad fittanexpressing nonchalance
- vad fanexpressing nonchalance
Thai อะไรวะ, อะไรวะ
- อะไรวะ (arai wa)intensive form of what
- อะไรวะ (arai wa)expressing astonishment
Turkish ne sikim, ne bok
- ne sikimintensive form of what
- ne bokintensive form of what
Ukrainian що за хуй, що за хуй
- що за хуй (ščo za xuj)intensive form of what
- що за хуй (ščo za xuj)expressing astonishment
Vietnamese quái gì vậy, cái lồn gì thế
- quái gì vậyintensive form of what
- cái lồn gì thếintensive form of what
- quái gì vậyexpressing astonishment
- cái lồn gì thếexpressing astonishment
- thôi kệexpressing nonchalance
- thôiexpressing nonchalance
Welsh beth gythraul, beth gythraul
- beth gythraulintensive form of what
- beth gythraulexpressing astonishment
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Chicago
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