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What is "Cursing" in Māori and how to say it?
American English
cursing
Māori
kangakanga
More Etiquette Vocabulary in Māori
American English
Māori
handshake
hariru
personal space
wāhi ake
air kiss
kihi hau
dress code
ture mau kākahu
high five
paki ringa
fist bump
meke ringa
curtsy
mihi ōkawa
bowing
tūohu
ladies first
ngā wāhine i te tuatahi
eye contact
titiro karu ki te karu
interruption
kokoti
hand gesture
tohu ringa
I compliment
ka whakanui ahau
I wave
ka pōhiri ahau
I apologize
ka tuku whakapāha ahau
I hold the door
ka pupuri ahau i te tatau
I tip my hat
ka tohu ahau i taku pōtae
parents
mātua
crazy
pōrangi
poop
tiko
baby rattle
kākara
potty
pō mimi
hug
awhi
teething ring
ringi niho
seat reducer
tūru wharepaku pēpi
What's this called?
NOTAVAILABLE
I show
ka whakaatu ahau
I crawl
ka ngōki ahau
I enjoy
he pai ki ahau
I care
ka tiaki ahau
Example sentences
American English
In many cultures, cursing is considered impolite.
How "Cursing" is said across the globe.
Hungarian
káromkodás
Korean
욕
Castilian Spanish
decir palabrotas
Japanese
ののしり
French
jurer
Mandarin Chinese
骂人
Italian
dire parolacce
German
das Fluchen
Russian
ругань
Brazilian Portuguese
xingar
Hebrew
לקלל
Arabic
شتم
Turkish
küfretme
Danish
bande
Swedish
NOTAVAILABLE
Norwegian
banning
Hindi
अपशब्द
Tagalog
pagmumura
Vietnamese
chửi rủa
Esperanto
insultado
Dutch
het vloeken
Icelandic
blóta
Indonesian
menyumpahi
British English
cursing
Mexican Spanish
maldecir
European Portuguese
dizer palavrões
Cantonese Chinese
鬧人
Thai
การสบถ
Polish
przeklinanie
Hawaiian
NOTAVAILABLE
Samoan
NOTAVAILABLE
Greek
βρύσιμο
Finnish
kiroileminen
Persian
فحش دادن
Estonian
vandumine
Croatian
psovanje
Serbian
псовање
Bosnian
psovanje
Sanskrit
Swahili
kulaani
Yoruba
ṣíṣépè
Igbo
ịbụ ọnụ
Ukrainian
прокльони
Catalan
Galician
Romanian
Irish
NOTAVAILABLE
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