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Bad Words in Tagalog

The Tagalog word puta literally means 'whore' but is used as
an expletive to express anger or frustration like 'fuck' in English.

Anak ng puta!
Son of a bitch!
- sounds more extreme in Tagalog than in English

Putang ina mo!
Your mother's a whore!
- contraction of puta ang ina mo
- the strongest way to express anger at someone
- something like 'Fuck you!'

Punyeta!
- the most obscene way of saying "Dammit!"
- sort of like 'Fuck!' or 'Fuck it!"

Walang hiya ka!
You are without shame! (You're shameless!)
- sounds more severe in Tagalog than in English
- this is said to people with no moral compunction

Example: if a wife finds out her husband cheated on her, she'll start
wailing her head off and eventually spit this phrase out at him

Walang hiya.
Has no shame.

Anak ka ng puta!
You're the son of a whore!
You're the son of a bitch!
You're a sonovabitch!

Anak ng pating.
Son of a shark.
- cute euphemism for anak ng puta
- sort of like saying 'son of a gun'

Tangina!
- short for Putang ina mo, but different usage
- this is more like an expletive like 'Damn' or 'Fuck'

Tangina mo!
Fuck you!



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Anak ng tipaklong.
Son of a grasshopper.
- another euphemism for anak ng puta
- used to express frustration


Anak ng tupa.
Son of sheep.
- another euphemism for anak ng puta
- used to express frustration



Also, learn how to Insult Someone in Tagalog