"vafan" meaning in Swedish

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Interjection

Etymology: Contraction of vad fan, with va being a reduced form of vad (“what”), and fan being a curse word originally meaning the Devil. Etymology templates: {{m|sv|vad fan}} vad fan, {{m|sv|va}} va, {{m|sv|vad||what}} vad (“what”), {{m|sv|fan}} fan Head templates: {{head|sv|interjection}} vafan
  1. (colloquial, text messaging, Internet slang) what the hell, what the fuck Tags: Internet, colloquial Related terms: vad fan
    Sense id: en-vafan-sv-intj-pQ~uJ2V7 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for vafan meaning in Swedish (1.5kB)

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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "vad fan"
      },
      "expansion": "vad fan",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "va",
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    },
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        "1": "sv",
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  "etymology_text": "Contraction of vad fan, with va being a reduced form of vad (“what”), and fan being a curse word originally meaning the Devil.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "vafan",
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  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "intj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What the fuck are you doing?",
          "text": "Vafan göru?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I asked what the fuck it was but he didn't answer.",
          "text": "Jag fråga vafan d va men han svara nt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "what the hell, what the fuck"
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          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
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          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "what the hell",
          "what the hell"
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        [
          "what the fuck",
          "what the fuck"
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        {
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        "colloquial"
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "va"
      },
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        "2": "vad",
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        "1": "sv",
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        "Swedish text messaging slang"
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          "english": "What the fuck are you doing?",
          "text": "Vafan göru?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I asked what the fuck it was but he didn't answer.",
          "text": "Jag fråga vafan d va men han svara nt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "what the hell, what the fuck"
      ],
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          "Internet",
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          "slang",
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          "what the hell",
          "what the hell"
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