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Puto bumbong (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Man, it's a trip how languages can look like they mean something, but don't.

Puto bumbong is not what I would have expected those words would mean.

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

It literally means everything. You can just puto the word into any sentence and it will mean something that makes sense.

I had no clue it was that common a word

[–] idiomaddict 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The German word for turkey is Pute (or Truthahn, there’s almost always a synonym for basically anything, but that’s used slightly less with cold cuts and more with the bird itself) and I work somewhere where I have to ask whether something is with ham or turkey like 20x a day. Every time, but especially when speaking to a Spanish speaker, I worry that I’m going to mispronounce it.

I can switch to Putenbrust, but that doesn’t help my brain from shouting “slut tit” at me every time I say it.

[–] Plum 4 points 4 weeks ago

This is my new favorite word in German. Putenbrust really rolls off the tongue.