joder

Senses

1. 1.

   to fuck

   vulgar term for sexual intercourse

2. 2.

   to mess up; to screw up

   to ruin or damage something; to make mistakes

3. 3.

   to bother; to annoy

   to irritate or pester someone

4. 4.

   to break; to damage

   to cause something to stop working

Examples

• "¡Me jodiste el teléfono!"

  You broke my phone!

• "No me jodas con eso otra vez."

  Don't bother me about that again.

• "Jodimos el examen completamente."

  We totally messed up the exam.

Usage

Highly vulgar and informal Spanish; common in Spain and Latin America in various contexts from crude sexual references to general expressions of frustration. Register ranges from crude to casually emphatic depending on context. Often used with reflexive pronouns (joderse) meaning "to be in trouble" or "to go wrong."