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joder
/xoˈdeɾ/
Meaning
To fuck; also “to annoy, to bother”, and by far most often the exclamation ¡Joder! (“damn it!”).Machine-assisted translation
Pronunciation
- IPA
- /xoˈdeɾ/
“ho-DER” — Spanish j is a throaty h.
How it's used
Everyday filler in peninsular Spanish; in much of Latin America it keeps the harsher “to screw someone over” sense, so regional weight differs.Machine-assisted translation
Cultural context
Wiktionary lists both the sexual verb and the “annoy/bother” transitive sense with regional synonyms (fastidiar, chingar).Machine-assisted translation
Literal meaning
to fuck / to bother
When to avoid it
Situations where people would rather you did not say it.
- At school — Depends. In class it depends on the teacher.
- At work — Depends. Common in Spanish workplaces, taken as much coarser in Latin America.
Sources
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