How to say “whore” in 35 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Slovak, where kurva is the 174th most used word.
- Afrikaans hoer #994
- Basque puta whore, prostitute #263
- Bosnian kurva whore, prostitute #1,447
- Bulgarian проститутка whore, prostitute #2,253
- Catalan puta whore, slut #335
- Chinese 婊子 female prostitute; whore #368
- Croatian kurva whore, prostitute #1,709
- Czech děvka #1,892
- Dutch hoer whore, prostitute #1,516
- Esperanto putino #1,697
- Estonian hoor #1,431
- Finnish huora prostitute, whore #2,073
- French pute whore, slut #1,095
- Galician puta #374
- Georgian ბოზო whore, prostitute, tart #1,173
- German hure #2,148
- Greek πόρνη harlot; prostitute; whore #1,607
- Hungarian ribanc bitch, whore #1,552
- Italian puttana whore, slut, hooker, harlot, tart #612
- Lithuanian kekšė bitch, whore #1,295
- Macedonian курва whore, prostitute #997
- Norwegian hore #1,386
- Persian فاحشه prostitute, whore #939
- Polish kurwa prostitute, whore #304
- Portuguese rapariga hooker, whore, slut, female prostitute #423
- Romanian târfă whore, tramp, tart, slut, prostitute #1,577
- Russian блядь whore, slut, prostitute #1,340
- Serbian kurva whore, prostitute #1,555
- Slovak kurva prostitute, whore, hooker, slut #174
- Slovenian kurba whore, prostitute #569
- Swedish hora a whore #1,650
- Tagalog epal attention whore #2,063
- Turkish orospu whore, bitch, hoe, slut #789
- Ukrainian курва whore, prostitute #467
- Vietnamese đĩ whore; prostitute #2,022
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.