vaffanculo

Italian

Etymology

Contraction of "vai a fare in culo"; literally: "go to do it in the ass". Can also be spelled va fanculo.

Interjection

vaffanculo

1. (vulgar, slang) Fuck off! Get lost!

Synonyms

• Vai a fanculo!/Vai affanculo! ("Go and do it in the ass!").

• Vai a dar via il culo! ("Go and give away your ass!", Northern Italy)

• Ma va' a vendere il culo! ("Go and sell your ass!")

• Ma fatti dare nel culo! ("Let them put it in your ass!")

• Vattela a pigliare in culo! ("Go and take it up the ass!", Southern Italy)

• Che ti possano inculare! ("May they fuck you off!")

• Ma vattela a pia' n'derculo! ("Go and take it up the ass!", Romanesco)

References

• 1999, Daniela Gobetti, Dictionary of Italian Slang and Colloquial Expressions, Barron's Educational Series, ISBN 0764104322, page 323.