The Spanish language employs a wide range of swear words that vary between 

Spanish speaking
nations and in regions and subcultures of each nation. Idiomatic expressions, particularly profanity,
are not always directly translatable into other languages, and so most of the English translations
offered in this article are very rough and most likely do not reflect the full meaning of the expression
they intend to translate.[c]

Overview[edit]
In Spanish, as in most languages, swear words tend to come from semantic domains
considered taboo, such as human excretions, sexuality, and religion, [1] and swearing serves several
functions in discourse.[2][3][4][5][6][7][c]
Spanish insults are often of a sexual nature, taking the form of implying a lack of sexual decency if
the insulted person is a woman (e.g. puta, "whore", perra "bitch") or implying a supposed lack of
masculinity if the insulted person is male (e.g. maricón "faggot", puto "male prostitute").[8] A
particularly forceful Spanish insult is any mention of someone else's mother, including also in its
strongest form (e.g. ¡me cago en tu puta madre! "fuck your whore of a mother!", [9][10][11][12][13] in which
"me cago" out of context means "I shit", but in this sentence it expresses disregard).
Emphatic exclamations, not aimed to insult but to express strong emotion, often include words for
sexual relations (e.g. ¡joder! "fuck!", ¡chingados! "fuckers!") or to excretions or sexual organs
(¡mierda! "shit!", ¡coño! "pussy!"). Sexual taboo words that describe a masculine sexuality may be
used in a positive sense (e.g. cabrón "male goat", gallo "rooster", cerdo "pig").[8]