curse

Etymology 1
From, , , , from , , of origin.

Noun

 * 1) A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
 * 2) A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
 * 3) The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
 * 4) A vulgar epithet.
 * 5)  A woman's menses.
 * 1) The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
 * 2) A vulgar epithet.
 * 3)  A woman's menses.
 * 1) A vulgar epithet.
 * 2)  A woman's menses.
 * 1)  A woman's menses.
 * 1)  A woman's menses.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Awadhi: साप
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: пракля́цце
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 詛咒
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: molleth
 * Czech:, prokletí
 * Danish: forbandelse
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: mauvais sort,
 * Galician: maldizón, xura, estocación, malafada, perdamá
 * Georgian: წყევლა
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀρά, κατάρα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: malediction
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kazakh: қарғыс
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: جوێن
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:, каргыш
 * Latin: exsecratio, imprecātiō
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: prakeikimas, prakeiksmas
 * Macedonian: про́клетство, кле́тва
 * Malagasy: ,
 * Malay: sumpahan, ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: saħta
 * Manx: mollaght
 * Marathi:
 * Middle English: malisoun
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯ
 * Nahuatl: uexcaitoa
 * Nogai: наьлет
 * North Frisian: Flök
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forbannelse
 * Old English: wierġnes
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Fluch
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кле̑тва, прокле́тство
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: prekliatie, kliatba
 * Slovene: kletev,
 * Southern Altai: каргыш
 * Spanish:
 * Sumerian: 𒂊𒍣𒊒
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sumpa
 * Tajik:, нафрин
 * Tamil:
 * Tarifit: amutten
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:, คำสาป
 * Tocharian B: śāp
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: لَعْنَت
 * Uyghur: لەنەت
 * Uzbek: laʻnat
 * Volapük: mifätot
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: קללה
 * Yoruba: aburu
 * Zazaki: bela


 * Arabic:
 * Awadhi: साप
 * Azerbaijani:, bəddua
 * Belarusian: пракля́цце
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, mauvais sort
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀρά, κατάρα
 * Hindi:, , , ,
 * Interlingua: malediction
 * Irish: oirbhire
 * Kabuverdianu: odjada
 * Latin: exsecratio
 * Macedonian: кле́тва
 * Malayalam:, പ്രാക്ക്
 * Marathi:
 * Middle English: malisoun
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forbannelse,
 * Old English: wierġnes
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Fluch
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Southern Altai: каргыш
 * Spanish:
 * Tajik:, нафрин
 * Tocharian B: śāp
 * Turkish:, , , ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: بَد دُعا, لَعْنَت
 * Uzbek:
 * Welsh:
 * Zazaki: zewt


 * Arabic: نِقْمَة
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:


 * Abkhaz: ацәҳара
 * Adyghe:
 * Afrikaans:
 * Aghwan:
 * Aklanon:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir:
 * Basque: arnegu
 * Bau Bidayuh:
 * Belarusian: ла́янка, мацю́к
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: paraulota
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:,
 * Czech:, rouhání
 * Danish: bandeord
 * Esperanto: sakraĵo, sakro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:, mionn mór
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:, , ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: maledictio
 * Macedonian: пцо́вка, пцост
 * Marathi: शिवी
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: eid, bannord
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, palavra de baixo calão, ,
 * Romanian:, cuvânt urât
 * Russian:, , , , , , ,  ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: псо̑вка
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: nadávka
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: дашном, фӯҳш, ҳақорат
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: คนหยาบคาย
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: ла́йка,
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Welsh: rheg
 * Zazaki: neng


 * This translation table is meant for translations approximating the derogatory or strongly negative nature of this term in English. For standard translations, see the translation table at .


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:

Etymology 2
From, , , from , , from the noun (see above).

Verb

 * 1)  To place a curse upon (a person or object).
 * 2) To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
 * 3)  To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
 * 4)  To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
 * 5) To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
 * 1) To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
 * 2)  To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
 * 3)  To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
 * 4) To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
 * 1)  To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
 * 2)  To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
 * 3) To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
 * 1) To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
 * 1) To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
 * 1) To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
 * 1) To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

Translations

 * Aghwan: 𐕣𐔴𐕔𐔴𐔼𐕅𐔴𐕔𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: blastim
 * Azerbaijani: lənət oxumaq, nifrin etmək, qarğamaq, lənətləmək
 * Belarusian: пракліна́ць, пракля́сці, кля́сці
 * Bulgarian:, прокълна́,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: molethi
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:, fordømme
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: malbeni
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: maledî, maludî
 * Galician: maldicir
 * Georgian: დაწყევლა
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: καταράομαι, ὄνομαι
 * Hebrew: קילל
 * Hindi: अभिशाप देना
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: bölva
 * Interlingua: maledicer
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Karachay-Balkar: къаргъаргъа
 * Kazakh: қарғау, қарғап-сілеу, лағынеттеу
 * Korean: 저주하다
 * Kyrgyz: наалат чачуу, каргоо, каргап-шилөө
 * Latin: exsecror, imprecor, dētestor
 * Macedonian: проко́лнува, про́колне
 * Malayalam:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: хараал хийх
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯ ᠬᠢᠬᠦ
 * Ngazidja Comorian: laâni
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: forbanne
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: клѧти
 * Old English: wierġan
 * Old Irish: dobeir mallachta for
 * Old Norse: bǫlva
 * Oromo: abaaruu
 * Persian: لعنت کردن,
 * Polish:, , bluzgać, bluznąć
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: про̀кле̄ти, у̀кле̄ти, кле̑тӣ
 * Roman:, ,
 * Sicilian:, , maridiri
 * Slovak: preklínať, prekliať, kliať
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Altai: каргаар
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: лаънат кардан, нафрин кардан
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: проклина́ти, прокля́сти, кля́сти
 * Urdu: لعنت بھیجنا
 * Uyghur: لەنەت ئوقۇماق
 * Uzbek:, laʼnat oʻqimoq
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * White Hmong: cem
 * Yiddish: שילטן
 * Zazaki: la'net kerden


 * Arabic:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: malbeni
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: καταράομαι, ὄνομαι
 * Interlingua: maledicer
 * Latin: dētestor, imprecor, exsecror
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Old English: wierġan
 * Plautdietsch: flieekjen
 * Portuguese:, rogar uma praga
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Welsh:
 * Zazaki: zewti daye


 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: شَتَمَ
 * Armenian:, ուշունց տալ,
 * Azerbaijani: söyüş söymək, yaman demək
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: blasfemi, sakri
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: გინება
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: קילל
 * Hindi:, गाली देना
 * Icelandic: bölva
 * Ingrian: kerota, manata, keroella, manaella
 * Interlingua: blasphemar
 * Istriot: bas'ciamà
 * Italian: ,
 * Konkani: सोव्चे
 * Latin: exsecror
 * Maori: kanga, kangakanga, kohukohu, oraora
 * Marathi: शिवी देणे
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: ingiurar, ingiurier, blastemar, blasfemar, blastmer, sgiavlar, diavlar
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: псо̀вати, опсо̀вати
 * Roman: ,
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: klěś
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * Zazaki: neng çinayen


 * Arabic: شَتَمَ,
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: söyüş söymək
 * Belarusian: ла́яцца
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 講粗口
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Esperanto: blasfemi, sakri
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: გინება
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:, गाली देना
 * Icelandic: blóta
 * Ingrian: keroella, manaella
 * Interlingua: blasphemar, objurgar
 * Japanese:, 悪態をつく,
 * Korean: 욕을 하다
 * Macedonian: пцуе
 * Malayalam:
 * Marathi: शिव्या देणे
 * Persian:, دشنام دادن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: дашном додан,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Tày: bjắc, bjắc bjoi
 * Ukrainian: ла́ятися, матюка́тися
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, , , , chửi bậy, ,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:


 * Esperanto: malbeni
 * Finnish:
 * Interlingua: maledicer
 * Turkish: ,