vaffanculo

Italian

Alternative forms

• (by shortening) fanculo!
• (euphemistic) vaffa!

• vai a fanculo!
• vai a fare in culo!

• vai affanculo!
• vattene a fanculo!

• vattene a fare in culo!
• vattene affanculo!

Etymology

Contraction of va' a fa' 'n culo, where fa' and 'n are dialectal variants for fare and in, respectively. Literally “go do [it] in [the] ass”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaf.fanˈku.lo/, [väfːäŋˈkuːlo]
• Hyphenation: vaf‧fan‧cù‧lo

Interjection

1. (vulgar, slang) fuck you!, fuck off!, go fuck yourself!; get lost!

Synonyms

• (euphemistic) vai al diavolo! (literally “go to the devil!”), vai a quel paese! (literally “go to that country!”), va' a fa' 'n bagno! (literally “go to take a bath!”), vaffambagno! (literally “go to take a bath!”), fambagno! (literally “go to take a bath!”)
• vai a vendere il culo! (literally “go sell your ass!”)
• fatti dare nel culo! (literally “let them put [it] in your ass!”)
• che ti possano inculare! (literally “may they fuck you off!”)
• (Northern Italy) vai a dare via il culo! (literally “go give away the ass!”)
• (Southern Italy) vattela a pigliare in culo! (literally “go take it up [the] ass!”)
• (Romanesco dialect) vattela a pia' 'n der culo (literally “go take it up the ass!”)

References

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