Filipino swear words
tarantado (tah-ran-tah-do)
“bastard / stupid fool / jerk”
Someone who acts recklessly, foolishly, or with malicious intent.
burat (boo-rat)
“dick”
An uncircumcised penis or exposed glans.
baliw (bah-liw)
“crazy / insane”
Literally clinically insane, but used loosely.
bobo mo (boh-bo mo)
“you're so fucking dumb”
Focusing the 'bobo' directly on the listener.
bobo (boh-bo)
“dumbass / stupid”
Someone with very low intelligence.
salot (sah-lot)
“menace / plague”
A plague upon society.
iyut (ee-yoot)
“fuck”
Visayan word for sexual intercourse, adopted everywhere.
ulol (oo-lol)
“crazy / retarded / fool”
Originally meaning a rabid dog, now means a completely crazy or deranged person.
kantot (kan-tot)
“to fuck / a fuck”
The vulgar verb for sexual intercourse.
hinayupak (hee-nah-yoo-pak)
“bastard / son of a bitch”
A heavy, archaic intensification of 'hayop' (animal).
leche (leh-cheh)
“crap / dammit”
Derived from the Spanish 'Me cago en la leche' (I shit in the milk). In Tagalog it's a standalone mild curse.
sirang ulo (see-rang oo-lo)
“crazy / fucked in the head”
Someone whose brain/head is completely broken.
putang ina (poo-tang ee-nah)
“son of a bitch / fuck / motherfucker”
Literally 'Your mother is a whore', but functions entirely like the English word 'Fuck'.
tanga (tang-ah)
“idiot / moron”
A clueless, incredibly stupid person.
kupal (koo-pal)
“asshole / dickhead / annoying jerk”
Literally the smegma under an uncircumcised foreskin.
giatay (gee-ah-tay)
“dammit / ruined”
A Cebuano curse meaning to be struck with a liver disease.
puke (poo-keh)
“cunt / pussy”
Female genitalia.
inutil (ee-noo-til)
“useless idiot”
Someone who is completely incompetent or physically/mentally useless.