noun
psovka
a swear word. Serbian cursing is largely formulaic and aimed at the hearer's family, so it lands harder than it sounds to a foreigner
ругательство, брань. Сербская брань в основном формульная и адресуется родне собеседника — поэтому воспринимается тяжелее, чем звучит для иностранца
With stress
psȏvka
In Cyrillic
псовка
In phrasebooks
Appears in lessons
Next to it in the phrasebook
- psòvatito swear (imperfective); to scold someone is grditi
- opsòvatito swear, to curse at someone (perfective of psovati)
- psòvati kȁo kočìjāšto swear like a coachman — the same image as the Russian idiom
- ȕvredaan insult (what was said); the feeling of being insulted is uvređenost
- uvréditito insult (perfective); uvrediti se — to take offence
- vréđatito insult (imperfective of uvrediti)
- omalovážitito belittle, to dismiss someone's worth (hurtful without being coarse)
- grúbōstrudeness (feminine; a trait and a single act)
- grȗbrude (of a person or a tone); also coarse to the touch
- pròstāčkīvulgar, boorish (of speech and manners)