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emmerder

piss off

verb ahn-mehr-DEH Less Common

Also means

bother

Usage Note

Emmerder is a vulgar verb (from merde) meaning to annoy or bother someone intensely. It is stronger than énerver and firmly informal — avoid in formal settings. S'emmerder reflexively means to be bored out of one's mind. The related noun emmerdeur/emmerdeuse describes a person who is a constant pain in the neck.

Examples

"Arrête de m'emmerder avec ça."

Natural Translation

Stop bothering me with that.

Literal Translation

Stop to me-bother with that

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