fotre

See also: fotré

Catalan

Alternative forms

fúmer (euphemistic)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin futuere (compare Occitan fóter or fotre, Italian fottere French foutre, Spanish joder, Portuguese foder and Romanian fute).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈfu.tɾə]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈfo.tɾə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈfo.tɾe]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Verb

fotre (first-person singular present foto, first-person singular preterite fotí, past participle fotut); root stress: (Northern) /u/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /o/

(vulgar, ambitransitive) to fuck; to have sex.
Synonyms: cardar, follar

Et foto. ― I fuck you.
(reflexive, vulgar) to become ruined, fucked (said of a person)
Fote't! Tant de bo et fotis! ― Fuck you! I hope you get fucked!
(vulgar, transitive) to put in a difficult situation, screw up, fuck up
Synonyms: destrossar, rebentar, afectar

El meu cotxe està fotut. La situació és ben fotuda. ― My car is screwed up. The situation is really fucked up.

Estic fotut / M'he fotut. ― I'm screwed.
(vulgar, ambitransitive) to annoy, bug, bother
Synonym: molestar

No em fotis que estic de mala hòstia. ― Don't fuck with me, I'm in a bad mood.
(vulgar, transitive) to do or not do something (often with emphasis) or to cause a strong impression or sensation (similar to fer)
Synonym: fer

Què cony fots? ― What the hell are you doing?

Què estan fotent aquells dos? ― What are those two doing?

En tot el dia no fot res. ― He does nothing all day long.

Aquesta carretera fot fàstic i fot pena. ― This road is disgusting and pitiful.

Fot anys que ho vaig comprar. ― I bought it years ago.

Fot calor! ― It is hot!

Fot fred! ― It is cold!

Fot vent! ― It is windy!

Fot bon rotllo. ― It produces good vibes.

Fot mal rotllo. ― It produces bad feeling.
(pronominal, vulgar) to start an action
Synonym: posar

No et fotis a plorar, que no t’han fet res! ― Don't start crying, they haven't done anything to you!

Em vaig fotre a riure. ― I started laughing.
(vulgar, transitive) to put, to place something or someone in a location, to put in, to put on.
Synonyms: posar, ficar, introduir

He fotut la roba a l'armari. ― I've put the clothes in the closet.

On s'ha fotut? ― Where has (s)he gone?

El govern ens fot impostos. ― The government imposes taxes on us.

Fot un altre canal de televisió, que aquest no m'agrada gens. ― Put on another TV channel, I don't like this one at all.

Fote't la jaqueta. ― Put on your jacket.

Quan li fots benzina al cotxe. ― When you fill up your car with petrol.

Em fotré xampú als cabells. ― I'll put shampoo in my hair.

Us fotrem una derrota. ― We'll give you a defeat.

Us fotrem una pallissa! ― We'll beat you all up!

Fot-li oli al pa. ― Put oil on the bread.
(vulgar) to break
Synonyms: trencar, rompre

El vidre ha caigut i s'ha fotut. ― Glass has fallen and broken.
(pronominal, colloquial) to hurt
Synonym: fer mal

S'ha fotut contra un arbre. ― He has hurt himself against a tree.

No te la fotis! ― Don't hurt yourself!
(vulgar) to give or receive a hit, to strike violently, not sexually
Synonyms: pegar, colpejar

Et foto amb la mà, i ara te l'has fotuda! ― I hit you with my hand, and now it's screwing with you!

S'ha fotut un cop en el genoll. ― He got hit in the knee.

Fot-li! ― Hit him/her!
(vulgar, transitive) to push, to shove, to throw
Synonyms: empentar, empènyer, llençar, tirar

El vaig fotre escales avall. ― I pushed him down the stairs.
(pronominal, vulgar, intransitive) to make fun of, to mock
Synonyms: mofar-se, fer conya, rifar-se

te'n fots de mi? ― are you kidding me?
(pronominal, vulgar, intransitive) to be irrelevant
se me'n fot ― I don't give a damn
(colloquial, transitive) to steal
Synonyms: robar, prendre, furtar, pispar

M'han fotut la cartera. ― They stole my wallet.
(pronominal, colloquial, transitive) to eat
Synonyms: menjar, cruspir, halar

Em vaig fotre un bon tiberi ahir. ― I had a nice big meal yesterday.

Usage notes

As can be seen, the verb fotre doesn't just mean to fuck, but also replaces other verbs, such as fer (Fer alguna cosa → Fotre alguna cosa: "To do something", Fer fora → Fotre fora: "To kick out"), ficar (Ell on s'ha ficat? → Ell on s'ha fotut?: "Where has he gone?"), posar (Posa un altre canal de televisió → Fot un altre canal de televisió: "Put on another TV channel"), menjar (Me'n vaig menjar un bon plat → Me'n vaig fotre un bon plat: "I had a big plate of it"), robar (M'han robat la cartera → M'han fotut la cartera: "They stole my wallet"), etc. Its use is vulgar and can add violent or edgy undertones to the act.
In slang, the verb cardar, which can also mean to fuck, can be used interchangeably with the verb fotre (Fotre alguna cosa → Cardar alguna cosa. Fotre fora → Cardar fora).
The verb fúmer is an euphemistic form of fotre.

Conjugation

Central Catalan conjugation of fotre (second conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			fotre
gerund			fotent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fotut		fotuda
		plural		fotuts		fotudes
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	foto	fots	fot	fotem	foteu	foten
	imperfect	fotia	foties	fotia	fotíem	fotíeu	fotien
	future	fotré	fotràs	fotrà	fotrem	fotreu	fotran
	preterite	fotí	foteres	foté	fotérem	fotéreu	foteren
	conditional	fotria	fotries	fotria	fotríem	fotríeu	fotrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	foti	fotis	foti	fotem	foteu	fotin
	imperfect	fotés	fotessis	fotés	fotéssim	fotéssiu	fotessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fot	foti	fotem	foteu	fotin
	negative (no)	—	no fotis	no foti	no fotem	no foteu	no fotin

Derived terms

Interjection

fotre

(vulgar, colloquial) fuck