fuck up

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfʌkˌʌp/ (noun)
• IPA: /ˌfʌkˈʌp/ (verb)

Alternative forms

• fuck-up (UK, noun)
• fuckup (US regional, noun)

Noun

fuck up (plural fuck ups)

1. (vulgar) An incompetent individual; one who errs frequently.

   He is such a fuck up.

2. (vulgar) A severe mistake.

   That fuck up cost us the contract.

Translations

One who can never seem to get anything quite right

• Finnish: kämmäri (fi) (slang), mokailija (fi) (slang), mogari (fi) (slang)

• Russian: долбоёб (ru) (dolbojób) m

Verb

fuck up (third-person singular simple present fucks up, present participle fucking up, simple past and past participle fucked up)

1. (intransitive, slang) To make a mistake, to go wrong

   You really fucked up this time.

2. (transitive) To botch or make a mess of

   I fucked up question 3 of the exam.

3. (transitive) to injure or damage

   I fucked up my knee while running the marathon.

Synonyms

• (make a mistake): screw up, mess up; see also Wikisaurus:make a mistake
• mar

Translations

To make a mistake, to go wrong

• Finnish: mokata, tehdä virhe, munata, möhliä, ryssiä
• Hungarian: csődöt mond (hu)
• Italian: fare una cazzata (it), farla grossa (it)
• Lithuanian: suknisti (lt)
• Macedonian: заебува (mk) (zaébuva)

• Portuguese: fazer besteira, meter os pés pelas mãos, foder tudo (Brazil)
• Romanian: a da greş (ro), a (o) face de oaie (ro), a (o) da în bară (ro), a (o) scrânti (ro)
• Russian: накосячить (ru) (nakosjachit')
• Spanish: joderla (es), fastidiarla (es), meter la pata (es), cagarla (es), pifiar (es)
• Swedish: misslyckas (sv)

To botch or make a mess of

• Finnish: mokata (fi), munata (fi), möhliä (fi), ryssiä (fi)

• Macedonian: заебува (mk) (zaébuva)

to injure or damage

• Finnish: hakata (fi)
• Macedonian: заебува (mk) (zaébuva)

• Romanian: a strica (ro), a defecta (ro), a deteriora (ro), a avaria (ro), a (se) răni (ro), a(-şi) vătăma (ceva) (ro)
• Swedish: skada (sv), sabba (sv)

Usage notes

This phrase is considered vulgar slang and its use in polite company could be insulting.