what the fuck

English

Phrase

what the fuck

1. (interrogative, vulgar, slang) An intensive form of what.

Synonyms

Synonyms

what in God's name what in tarnation what in the world what on Earth what the dickens

what the Devil what the heck what the hell what the hey

Derived terms

• what the fuck ever

Related terms

Related terms

the fuck how the fuck where the fuck

who the fuck why the fuck

Translations

An intensive form of what

• Catalan: què collons (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 什麼鳥？ (cmn), 什么鸟？ (cmn) (shénme niǎo?)

  What the fuck is this? — 這是什麼鳥？, 这是什么鸟？ (zhè shì shénme niǎo?)

• Estonian: mida vittu? (et)
• Finnish: mitä vittua (fi)?
• German: was zum Teufel? (de)
• Greek: στο διάολο (el) (sto diáolo)

  What the fuck are you doing? — Τι στο διάολο κάνεις;,

  or "Τι μαλακία κάνεις;" (stronger than the previous)

• Hebrew: מה לעזאזל (he) (ma la`azazél)
• Icelandic: hvað í fjandanum (is)?, hver fjandinn (is)?
• Italian: che cazzo (it)

• Japanese: 一体なんだ？ (ja) (いったいなんだ？, ittai nan da?), 一体全体なんだ？ (ja) (いったいぜんたいなんだ？, ittai-zentai nan da?)
• Norwegian: hva faen (no), hva i helvete (no)
• Polish: co jest kurwa? (pl)
• Portuguese: que porra (pt)
• Romanian: ce pula mea (ro)
• Russian: какого хуя (ru) (kakóvo xúja) , хули (ru) (xúli) , что за хуйня (ru) (što za xujnjá) 
• Serbo-Croatian: који курац? (sh) (koji kurac?)
• Spanish: qué diablos (es), qué carajo (es), qué mierda (es)
• Swedish: vad fan (sv), vad ända in i helvete(t) (sv), vad i helvete (sv)
• Uyghur: نېمە دىگەن گەپ (ug) (néme digen gep)

Interjection

what the fuck!

1. (vulgar) Used to express astonishment, shock, incredulity, or disbelief (as a shortened form of expressions such as "What the fuck is going on?", "...are you doing?", or "...is that?").
2. (vulgar) Used 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.

   • 1983, Curtis Armstrong as Miles, Risky Business:

     Every now and then say, "What the fuck." "What the fuck" gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Abbreviations

• wtf
• WTF

Synonyms

• (expresses astonishment, incredulity): what on Earth, what in the world, what the heck, what the hell, what the...
• (expresses nonchalance): what the heck, what the hell, what the hey, whatever, why not, who cares, so what

Translations

expressing astonishment

• Esperanto: kio estas (eo)
• Finnish: mitä vittua (fi)
• French: c’est quoi ce bordel (fr)?
• German: was zum Henker (de)...
• Hebrew: מה לעזאזל (he) (ma la`azazél)
• Italian: che cazzo (it)
• Portuguese: que porra (pt), que caralhos (pt), que merda (pt)

• Romanian: ce pula mea (ro)
• Russian: (all extremely vulgar:) какого хуя (ru) (kakóvo xúja) , что за хуйня (ru) (što za xujnjá) , ни хуя себе (ru) (ni xujá sebé) , охуеть (ru) (oxujétʹ) , пиздец (ru) (pizdéc) , (mildly vulgar:) какого чёрта (ru) (kakóvo čórta) , какого хрена (ru) (kakóvo xréna) 
• Spanish: qué carajo (es), qué coño (es), qué putas (es)
• Swedish: vad fan (sv), vad i helvete (sv), vad ända in i helvete (sv)

expressing nonchalance

• German: was auch immer (de)
• Hebrew: למה לא (he) (lama ló)
• Hungarian: mi a fasz (hu)
• Icelandic: skítt með það (is), fjandinn hafi það (is)
• Italian: che cazzo (it)

• Portuguese: que porra (pt), que caralhos (pt), que merda (pt), que se foda (pt)
• Russian: (extremely vulgar:) (ну и) хуй с ним (ru) ((nu i) xuj s nim) , (colloquial:) (ну и) чёрт с ним (ru) ((nu i) čort s nim) 
• Spanish: ¡qué más da! (es), qué coño (es), qué carajo (es)
• Swedish: vad fan (sv)