What is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?

vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 475 points –

Ill start:

"Me cago en tus muertos" - ill shit all over your dead relatives. Spanish.

367

You are viewing a single comment

What about "baka" or "bakaro" whatever the difference is, which I've heard countless times translated as "idiot" in anime?

Baka and it's various forms are actually stupid, fool, idiot, and the like. Calling someone stupid is a pretty common way to insult them, so if you see that, it's probably pretty literal

Can be insulting or friendly banter depending on tone and context.

Sort of like "bitch" in english or "boludo" in Argentina I take. But does baka really mean "someone of inferior intelligence" as "idiot" would suggest?