"pain in the ass" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pains in the ass [plural], pain in the arse [alternative], pain in one's ass [alternative], pain in one's arse [alternative], PITA [alternative]
Etymology: Developed from pain in the neck, early-mid 20th century. Head templates: {{en-noun|~|pains in the ass}} pain in the ass (countable and uncountable, plural pains in the ass)
  1. (slang, vulgar) Something or someone that causes discomfort or frustration. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Synonyms: pain in the back, pain in the backside, pain in the bum, pain in the butt, pain in the keister, pain in the neck, pain in the rear, ;, assache Translations (something that causes discomfort): pyn in die nek (Afrikaans), أَلَم فِي الْمُؤَخَّرَة (ʔalam fī l-muʔaḵḵara) (Arabic), мәшәҡәт (məşəqət) (Bashkir), gra al cul [masculine] (Catalan), 眼中釘 /眼中钉 (yǎnzhōngdīng) (Chinese Mandarin), vopruz [masculine] (Czech), otrava [masculine] (Czech), prudič [masculine] (Czech), osina v zadku [feminine] (Czech), opruz [masculine] (Czech), riesa (Finnish), maanvaiva (Finnish), kiusanhenki (Finnish), kiusankappale (Finnish), piikki lihassa (Finnish), casse-pied [feminine, masculine] (French), emmerde (english: thing) [feminine] (French), emmerdeur [masculine, person] (French), épine au pied (French), pète-couilles [masculine] (French), pète-burnes [masculine] (French), gran no cu [masculine] (Galician), foda [feminine] (Galician), Nervensäge [feminine] (German), κακός μπελάς (kakós belás) [masculine] (Greek), קוץ בתחת (qots ba-'tahat) [masculine] (Hebrew), (approx.) púp a hátán (Hungarian), nyűg (Hungarian), agyára megy (Hungarian), idegeire megy (Hungarian), seccatura (Italian), rompicoglioni [masculine] (Italian), scocciatore [masculine] (Italian), palo in culo (english: pole in the ass) [masculine] (Italian), rompipalle (Italian), seccatore [masculine] (Italian), cagacazzo [feminine, masculine] (Italian), cacacazzo [feminine, masculine] (Italian), دردسر (dardesar) (Persian), wrzód na tyłku (Polish), wrzód na dupie (Polish), pé no saco (Portuguese), ghimpe în coaste (Romanian), junghi în coaste (Romanian), durere de cap (Romanian), bătaie de cap (Romanian), pacoste (Romanian), головна́я боль (golovnája bolʹ) (english: headache) [feminine] (Russian), зану́да (zanúda) (note: of a person) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), зано́за в за́днице (zanóza v zádnice) (english: splinter in the butt) [feminine] (Russian), gnjavaža [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), patada en las bolas (Spanish), patada en los huevos (Spanish), coñazo (Spanish), grano en el culo (Spanish), געשוויר אויפֿן הינטן (geshvir oyfn hintn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-pain_in_the_ass-en-noun-MexnO2Jd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'something that causes discomfort': 63 37
  2. (attributive, slang, vulgar) Causing discomfort or frustration. Tags: attributive, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: proctalgia (english: medical registers, literal meaning), coccydynia (english: similar to above), royal pain
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

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          "note": "(colloquial, lit.: \"hemorrhoid\") геморро́й m (gemorrój) (lit.: hemorroids)",
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      "word": "proctalgia"
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      "word": "coccydynia"
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      "word": "royal pain"
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          "word": "pain in the keister"
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "pyn in die nek"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "أَلَم فِي الْمُؤَخَّرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "məşəqət",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "мәшәҡәт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gra al cul"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎnzhōngdīng",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "眼中釘 /眼中钉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vopruz"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "otrava"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "prudič"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osina v zadku"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opruz"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "riesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "maanvaiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "kiusanhenki"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "kiusankappale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "piikki lihassa"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "casse-pied"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "thing",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "emmerde"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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        "person"
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      "word": "emmerdeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "épine au pied"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pète-couilles"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pète-burnes"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gran no cu"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "foda"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Nervensäge"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kakós belás",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "κακός μπελάς"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "qots ba-'tahat",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "קוץ בתחת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "(approx.) púp a hátán"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "nyűg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "agyára megy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "idegeire megy"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "seccatura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rompicoglioni"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scocciatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "pole in the ass",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "palo in culo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "rompipalle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seccatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cagacazzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cacacazzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dardesar",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "دردسر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "wrzód na tyłku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "wrzód na dupie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "pé no saco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "ghimpe în coaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "junghi în coaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "durere de cap"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "bătaie de cap"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "pacoste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "headache",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "golovnája bolʹ",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "головна́я боль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "(colloquial, lit.: \"hemorrhoid\") геморро́й m (gemorrój) (lit.: hemorroids)",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of a person",
      "roman": "zanúda",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зану́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "splinter in the butt",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanóza v zádnice",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зано́за в за́днице"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "gnjavaža"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "patada en las bolas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "patada en los huevos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "coñazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "grano en el culo"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "geshvir oyfn hintn",
      "sense": "something that causes discomfort",
      "word": "געשוויר אויפֿן הינטן"
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  "word": "pain in the ass"
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