bugger

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bug·ger ¹

 (bŭg′ər, bo͝og′-)

n.

1. Vulgar Slang A sodomite.

2. Slang A contemptible or disreputable person.

3. Slang A fellow; a chap: "He's a silly little bugger, then" (John le Carré).

v. bug·gered, bug·ger·ing, bug·gers Vulgar Slang

v.intr.

To practice sodomy.

v.tr.

1. To practice sodomy with.

2. To damn.

Phrasal Verb:

bugger off

Chiefly British Slang To leave someone alone; go away.

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[Middle English bougre, heretic, from Old French boulgre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus; see Bulgar.]

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bug·ger ²

 (bŭg′ər)

n.

One who installs electronic bugs.

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bugger

(ˈbʌɡə)

n

1. a person who practises buggery

2. slang a person or thing considered to be contemptible, unpleasant, or difficult

3. slang a humorous or affectionate term for a man or child: a silly old bugger; a friendly little bugger.

4. bugger all slang nothing

5. play silly buggers slang to fool around and waste time

vb

6. to practise buggery (with)

7. (tr) slang chiefly Brit to ruin, complicate, or frustrate

8. (tr) slang to tire; weary

interj

slang an exclamation of annoyance or disappointment

[C16: from Old French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus Bulgarian; from the condemnation of the dualist heresy rife in Bulgaria from the tenth century to the fifteenth]

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bug•ger¹

(ˈbʌg ər, ˈbʊg-)
n.

1. Informal. a fellow or lad (used affectionately or abusively): a cute little bugger.

2. Informal. any object or thing.

3. Chiefly Brit. Slang: Usu. Vulgar. a sodomite.

4. Chiefly Brit. Slang.

a. a despicable or contemptible person, esp. a man.

b. an annoying or troublesome thing.

v.t.

5. Chiefly Brit. Slang: Usu. Vulgar. to sodomize.

6. Slang. to damn.

7. Chiefly Brit. Slang. to cause problems for, esp. by tricking or deceiving.

v.i.

8. bugger off, Chiefly Brit. Slang. bug ¹ (def. 11).

[1300–50; Middle English bougre < Anglo-French bugre < Medieval Latin Bulgarus heretic, literally, Bulgarian, by association of the Balkans with heretical sects and their alleged sexual practices]

bug•ger²

(ˈbʌg ər)
n.

a person who installs electronic eavesdropping devices.

[1965–70]

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bugger

Past participle: buggered
Gerund: buggering

Imperative

bugger

bugger

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bugger - someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) sodomist, sodomite, sod degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Verb	1.	bugger - practice anal sex upon sodomise, sodomize copulate, mate, couple, pair - engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"

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Translations

debilhovnokurvasodomitazkurvit

FlegelScheißeScheißkerl

sodomizar

diggariharrastaa anaaliseksiähittohomekorvakamu

anglaiserempafferenculéenculerpédé

गाँडू

sodemieterverneuken

ломатьпортить

گانڈو

bugger

[ˈbʌgəʳ]

A. N

1. (Jur) → sodomita mf

2. (Brit) (= person) → hijo/a m/f de puta, gilipollas mf (Sp)
he's a lucky bugger! → ¡qué suerte tiene el cabrón!
that silly bugger → ese cabrón, ese gilipollas (Sp)
some poor bugger → algún desgraciado
I don't give a bugger! → ¡me importa un carajo!
don't play silly buggers! → ¡deja de hacer pendejadas!, ¡no des el coñazo! (Sp)

3. (Brit) (= nuisance, annoyance) it's a bugger → es jodidísimo

B. EXCL (Brit) bugger (it or me)! → ¡mierda!

C. VT

1. (Jur) → cometer sodomía con

2. (Brit) (well) I'll be buggered! → ¡no me jodas!
lawyers be buggered! → ¡que se jodan los abogados!
I'll be buggered if I will → paso de hacerlo ¡qué coño!

bugger about bugger around (Brit)

A. VT + ADV to bugger sb about → joder a algn

B. VI + ADV → hacer pendejadas, hacer el gilipollas (Sp)

bugger off (Brit) VI + ADV → largarse
bugger off! → ¡vete a la mierda!, ¡vete a tomar por culo! (Sp) , ¡chinga tu madre! (Mex)

bugger up (Brit) VT + ADV to bugger sth up → joder algo

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bugger

[ˈbʌgə^r]

n → salaud m , connard m

excl (British) → merde!

vt (British)

bugger it! → merde!
bugger me! → merde alors!

bugger off

vi
bugger off! → tire-toi! bugger all bugger-all [ˌbʌgə^rˈɔːl] pron (British) → que dalle

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bugger

n (inf) → Scheißkerl m (inf), → Arschloch nt (vulg); (when not contemptible) → Kerl m (inf); (= thing) → Scheißding nt (inf); this nail’s a bugger, it won’t come out → dieser Scheißnagel geht einfach nicht raus (inf); you lucky bugger! → du hast vielleicht ein Schwein! (inf); to play silly buggers (Brit inf) → Scheiß machen (sl)

interj (Brit inf) → Scheiße (inf); bugger (it)! → Scheiße! (inf); bugger this car! → dieses Scheißauto (inf); bugger the cost! → ich scheiß auf die Kosten! (sl); bugger him → dieser Scheißkerl (inf); (= he can get lost) → der kann mich mal (inf); bugger me! (surprise) → (du) meine Fresse! (sl); (annoyance) → so’n Scheiß! (inf)

vt

(lit) → anal verkehren mit

(Brit, sl) → versauen (sl)

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bugger

[ˈbʌgəʳ]

1. n

a. (Law) → sodomita m

b. (fam!) → stronzo (fam!)
you stupid bugger! → stronzo!
poor little bugger! (child) → povera bestia!

2. excl (fam!) bugger (it)! → merda! (fam!)

3. adv (fam!) bugger all → un cazzo (fam!)
I know bugger all about it → non ne so un cazzo

4. vt (fam!) (also bugger up) → mandare a puttane or in vacca (fam!)

bugger about bugger around

1. vi + adv (Brit) (fam!) → non fare un cazzo (fam!)

2. vt to bugger sb about or around → rompere le palle a qn (fam!)

bugger off vi + adv (Brit) (fam!) → togliersi dalle palle (fam!)
why don't you bugger off and leave me in peace? → perché non ti togli dalle palle e mi lasci in pace?

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