How to say “whore” in 35 different 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.
“whore” in French: pute · German: hure · Italian: puttana · Russian: блядь · Turkish: orospu
It is commonest in Basque, where puta is the 263rd most used word.
Whore in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans hoer/ˈhur/ #994
- Basque puta/puta/ whore, prostitute #263
- Bosnian kurva/kûːrʋa/ whore, prostitute #1,447
- Bulgarian проститутка[prostiˈtutkɐ] whore, prostitute #2,253
- Catalan puta[ˈpu.tə] whore, slut #335
- Chinese 婊子/pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥ɹ̩⁴/ female prostitute; whore #368
- Croatian kurva/kûːrʋa/ whore, prostitute #1,709
- Czech děvka[ˈɟɛfka] #1,892
- Dutch hoer/ɦur/ whore, prostitute #1,516
- Esperanto putino/puˈtino/ #1,697
- Estonian hoor/hoːr/ #1,431
- Finnish huora/ˈhuo̯rɑ/ prostitute, whore #2,073
- French pute/pyt/ whore, slut #1,095
- Galician puta/ˈputa/ #374
- Georgian ბოზო[b̥o̞zo̞] whore, prostitute, tart #1,173
- German hure/ˈhuːʁə/ #2,148
- Greek πόρνη/ˈpoɾ.ni/ harlot; prostitute; whore #1,607
- Hungarian ribanc[ˈribɒnt͡s] bitch, whore #1,552
- Italian puttana/putˈta.na/ whore, slut, hooker, harlot, tart #612
- Lithuanian kekšė[²ˈkʲæːkʃʲeː] bitch, whore #1,295
- Macedonian курва[ˈkurva] whore, prostitute #997
- Norwegian hore/ˈhuːrə/ #1,386
- Persian فاحشه[fɒː.ɦe.ʃé] prostitute, whore #939
- Polish kurwa/ˈkur.va/ prostitute, whore #304
- Portuguese rapariga/ʁa.paˈɾi.ɡɐ/ hooker, whore, slut, female prostitute #423
- Romanian târfă/ˈtɨrfə/ whore, tramp, tart, slut, prostitute #1,577
- Russian блядь[blʲætʲ] whore, slut, prostitute #1,340
- Serbian kurva/kûːrʋa/ whore, prostitute #1,555
- Slovak kurva/kurva/ prostitute, whore, hooker, slut #174
- Slovenian kurba/kúːrba/ whore, prostitute #569
- Swedish hora/huːra/ a whore #1,650
- Tagalog epal/ˈʔepal/ attention whore #2,063
- Turkish orospu/o.ɾosˈpu/ whore, bitch, hoe, slut #789
- Ukrainian курва[ˈkurʋɐ] whore, prostitute #467
- Vietnamese đĩ[ʔɗi˦ˀ˥] whore; prostitute #2,022
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