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de puta madre

phrase, adjectiveVulgar

A Peninsular Spanish slang term. Browse all Spanish slang.

What it means

  1. Excellent; brilliant. Strongly positive despite being built entirely out of insults — a good illustration of how Spanish profanity works.

Examples with translations

  • La cena estuvo de puta madre.

    Dinner was absolutely fantastic.

  • Me viene de puta madre el viernes.

    Friday suits me perfectly.

Where it comes from

Literally something no dictionary should translate word for word. Spanish frequently builds superlatives out of taboo material and then reverses the polarity — cognate in spirit with English 'the dog's bollocks'.