Phrase guide

give a shit

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈɡɪv ə ˌʃɪt/
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1

verb

Meaning 1

To care (about something or anything); especially, to care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: vulgar

Examples

  • You're going to get me fired? I don't give a shit!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: becare, bother, care, concern oneself, heed, mind, reck, trouble oneself, worry

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From give + a + shit.

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: qozlamaq — to care
  • Azerbaijani: qozuna almaq — to care
  • Azerbaijani: vecləmək — to care
  • Azerbaijani: sikinə olmaq — to care
  • Azerbaijani: qoz qoymaq — to care
  • Azerbaijani: sikinə almaq — to care
  • Chinese Cantonese: 撚事 — to care
  • Chinese Mandarin: 屁事 (pìshì) — to care
  • Chinese Mandarin: 屌事 — to care
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳥 /鸟 — to care
  • Danish: pisseligeglad — to care
  • Danish: skideligeglad — to care
  • Danish: skide på — to care
  • Dutch: schijt hebben aan — to care
  • Dutch: kunnen schelen — to care
  • Dutch: kunnen bommen — to care
  • Dutch: uitmaken — to care
  • Esperanto: fajfi pri — to care
  • Esperanto: prifajfi — to care
  • Finnish: piitata — to care
  • Finnish: välittää — to care
  • French: en avoir quelque chose à foutre — to care
  • French: n'en avoir rien à foutre — to care
  • French: s’en foutre — to care
  • French: s'en câlisser — to care
  • French: se battre les couilles — to care
  • Galician: importar un carallo — to care
  • Galician: importar un corno — to care
  • Georgian: ფეხებზე მკიდია (pexebze mḳidia) — to care
  • Georgian: ყლეზე მკიდია (q̇leze mḳidia) — to care
  • German: scheißegal — to care
  • German: Scheißdreck (e.g.: Das kümmert mich einen Scheißdreck) — to care
  • Greek: στ’ αρχίδια μου (st’ archídia mou) — to care
  • Greek: στα παπάρια μου (sta papária mou) — to care
  • Greek: χέστηκα (chéstika) — to care
  • Greek: σκασίλα μου (skasíla mou) — to care
  • Hungarian: leszar — to care
  • Hungarian: rászar — to care
  • Italian: sbattersene — to care
  • Italian: fottersene — to care
  • Jamaican Creole: mi nuh business a bloodclaat — to care
  • Japanese: 屁とも思う【...思わない】 — to care
  • Japanese: 一顧もする【...しない】 — to care
  • Lithuanian: sau nusispjauti — to care
  • Middle English: yeven of a note — to care
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gje blanke faen — to care
  • Persian: اهمیت دادن (ahammiyyat dâdan) — to care
  • Polish: obchodzić — to care
  • Polish: obejść — to care
  • Portuguese: dar a mínima — to care
  • Portuguese: estar cagando para — to care
  • Portuguese: estar cagando e andando — to care
  • Portuguese: estar-se a cagar — to care
  • Romanian: băga pula — to care
  • Romanian: da doi bani — to care
  • Romanian: fute — to care
  • Romanian: pișa — to care
  • Romanian: căca — to care
  • Romanian: durea în pulă — to care
  • Romanian: durea în pizdă — to care
  • Romanian: durea în cur — to care
  • Romanian: îl fute grija — to care
  • Russian: (на)плева́ть — to care
  • Russian: начха́ть (načxátʹ) — to care
  • Russian: по́ фигу (pó figu) — to care
  • Russian: по́ хую (pó xuju) — to care
  • Russian: по хую́ (po xujú) — to care
  • Russian: по́хуй (póxuj) — to care
  • Russian: не еба́ть (ne jebátʹ) — to care
  • Russian: поеба́ть (pojebátʹ) — to care
  • Russian: до пизды́ (do pizdý) — to care
  • Scottish Gaelic: bi suarach mu — to care
  • Scottish Gaelic: coma — to care
  • Slovak: mať v riti — to care
  • Slovak: mať v piči (fpiči) — to care
  • Slovak: srať na niečo — to care
  • Slovak: kašľať na niečo — to care
  • Slovak: mať na háku — to care
  • Spanish: importar una mierda — to care
  • Swedish: ge blanka fan — to care
  • Swedish: ge fan — to care
  • Swedish: strunta i — to care
  • Swedish: skita i — to care
  • Swedish: bry sig — to care
  • Turkish: siklemek — to care
  • Turkish: sikinde olmak — to care
  • Ukrainian: по́хуй (póxuj) — to care
  • Hebrew: שָׂם זַיִן (sam záyin) — to not care
  • Polish: gówno obchodzić — to not care
  • Polish: gówno obejść pf mieć w dupie — to not care
  • Polish: latać koło chuja — to not care
  • Polish: mieć wyjebane — to not care
  • Spanish: importar una mierda — to not care
  • Spanish: sudársela — to not care
  • Spanish: refanfinflársela — to not care
  • Spanish: valer — to not care
  • Spanish: no importar — to not care
  • Spanish: chupar un huevo — to not care
  • Spanish: valerle madre — to not care
  • Spanish: valerle un perejil — to not care
  • Spanish: importarle un pepino — to not care