What does joda in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word joda in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use joda in Spanish.

The word joda in Spanish means bummer, partying, fuck, screw, bug, piss off, fuck over, screw over, screw up, mess up, shit, fucking well put up with, fucking kill, screw up, have a good time, paint the town red. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word joda

bummer

nombre femenino (vulg. El Salv., Méx.y Ur. (molestia, perjuicio) (slang)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Este resultado es una joda.
This result is a bummer.

partying

nombre femenino (Arg. y Ur. (broma, diversión)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Con tanta joda por la calle uno no puede dormir.
It's impossible to sleep with so much partying going on in the street.

fuck, screw

verbo intransitivo (vulgar (fornicar, tener sexo) (vulgar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Andrés salió aquella noche decidido a joder.
Andres went out that night determined to fuck.

bug

verbo intransitivo (vulgar (fastidiar, incordiar) (slang)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
¡Ah, cómo jodes! Cállate de una vez por todas.
Geez, you're bugging me! Why don't you shut up for once?

piss off

verbo transitivo (vulgar (fastidiar a alguien) (vulgar)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
¡Ya no me jodas más y lárgate de una vez por todas!
Stop pissing me off and get lost for once and for all!

fuck over, screw over

verbo transitivo (vulgar (causar daño a alguien) (vulgar)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Con los nuevos impuestos jodieron al pueblo.
They screwed over the people with the new taxes.

screw up, mess up

verbo transitivo (vulgar (estropear algo) (slang)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Con su torpeza, mis socios jodieron el negocio.
Through their clumsiness, my partners screwed up (or: messed up) the business.

shit

interjección (ES: vulgar (expresa enfado, hartazgo) (vulgar)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")
¡Joder! ¡Te he dicho mil veces que no dejes la puerta abierta!
Shit! I've told you a thousand times not to leave the door open!

fucking well put up with

verbo pronominal (vulgar (fastidiarse, aguantarse) (UK, vulgar: tolerate, endure)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
No me gusta el trabajo, pero me jodo y lo hago.
I don't like the job but I fucking well put up with it and do it.

fucking kill

verbo intransitivo (vulgar (provocar dolor físico) (vulgar: hurt a lot)

La muela del juicio me está jodiendo, tendré que arrancármela.
My wisdom tooth is fucking killing me: I need to have it taken out.

screw up

verbo transitivo (vulgar (fastidiar un plan) (offensive)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
La lluvia nos ha jodido la excursión por el campo.
The rain screwed up our trip to the country.

have a good time

locución adverbial (AR, UY (de juerga)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Estoy de joda en la clase, me divierto mucho en ella.

paint the town red

locución verbal (AR, UY (salir de juerga) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Sécate las lágrimas que nos vamos de joda ahora mismo.

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