what the fuck

English

Phrase

what the fuck

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

   Synonyms: what in God's name, what in tarnation, what in the world, what on Earth, what the dickens, what the Devil, what the deuce, 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
• dafuq

• who the fuck
• why the fuck

Translations

An intensive form of what

• Catalan: què collons
• Chinese:

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

  Mandarin: 什麼鳥？, 什么鸟？ (shénme niǎo?)

• Czech: Co to kurva? (vulgar)
• Estonian: mida vittu?
• Finnish: mitä vittua
• French: c'est quoi ce bordel, qu’est-ce que putain de quoi
• German: was zum Teufel?
• Greek: στο διάολο (sto diáolo)

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

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

• Hebrew: מה לעזאזל‏‎ (ma la`azazél)
• Hungarian: mi a fasz
• Icelandic: hvað í fjandanum?, hver fjandinn?

• Italian: che cazzo
• Japanese: 一体なんだ？ (いったいなんだ？, ittai nan da?), 一体全体なんだ？ (いったいぜんたいなんだ？, ittai-zentai nan da?)
• Korean: 씨발, 뭐야? (ssibal, mwo ya?), 뭐야, 씨발? (mwo ya, ssibal?)
• Norwegian: hva faen, hva i helvete
• Polish: co jest kurwa?
• Portuguese: que porra/diabos/merda
• Romanian: ce pula mea
• Russian: како́го ху́я (ru) (kakóvo xúja), ху́ли (ru) (xúli), что за хуйня́ (što za xujnjá)
• Serbo-Croatian: који курац? (koji kurac?)
• Spanish: qué diablos, qué carajo, qué mierda, qué coño
• Swedish: vad fan, vad ända in i helvete(t), vad i helvete
• Thai: อะไรวะ (arai wa)
• Uyghur: نېمە دىگەن گەپ‏‎ (nëme digen gep)
• Vietnamese: quái gì vậy
• Welsh: beth gythraul

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 Citations:what the fuck.

Abbreviations

• wtf
• WTF

Synonyms

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

Descendants

• → Dutch: wat de fok
• → French: ouate de phoque

Translations

expressing astonishment

• Catalan: ei sí home!
• Finnish: mitä vittua
• French: c’est quoi ce bordel
• German: was zum Henker
• Hebrew: מה לעזאזל‏‎ (ma la`azazél)
• Italian: che cazzo

• Portuguese: que porra/merda/bosta
• Romanian: ce pula mea
• Russian: (all extremely vulgar:) како́го ху́я (ru) (kakóvo xúja), что за хуйня́ (što za xujnjá), ни хуя́ себе́ (ru) (ni xujá sebé), охуе́ть (ru) (oxujétʹ), пизде́ц (ru) (pizdéc), (mildly vulgar:) како́го чёрта (kakóvo čórta), како́го хре́на (kakóvo xréna)
• Spanish: qué carajo, qué coño, qué putas
• Swedish: vad fan, vad i helvete, vad ända in i helvete
• Vietnamese: quái gì vậy

expressing nonchalance

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

• Portuguese: quê se foda
• Russian: (extremely vulgar:) (ну и) хуй с ним ((nu i) xuj s nim), (colloquial:) (ну и) чёрт с ним ((nu i) čort s nim)
• Spanish: ¡qué más da!, qué coño, qué carajo
• Swedish: vad fan
• Vietnamese: thôi kệ, thôi (vi)