Talk:foutu
@Jerome Charles Potts: how would you translate bien foutu and mal foutu? And do you think they're entry-worthy? --Barytonesis (talk) 22:08, 28 September 2017 (UTC)
- Well, or poorly/badly made, built, executed (in the case of a person, "built"). "Il/Elle est bien foutu(e)" — S/he has a nice figure.
- Also, a special mention for mal foutu, which can mean "temporarily in poor health". So that one is entry-worthy. Not sure about the other. --Jerome Potts (talk) 03:02, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
- @Jerome Charles Potts: thanks for these suggestions, and for adding a fourth (well, fifth) sense which I hadn't thought of. Are you a translator? --Barytonesis (talk) 11:11, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
- As concerns me being a translator, i kinda would like to be, but i don't have much patience with it, so instead i try here to help others do a good job. Of course when someone asks me to translate something, i usually do it. Occasionally i spontaneously offer my services, but so far not many takers. --Jerome Potts (talk) 01:49, 16 October 2017 (UTC)
- @Jerome Charles Potts: thanks for these suggestions, and for adding a fourth (well, fifth) sense which I hadn't thought of. Are you a translator? --Barytonesis (talk) 11:11, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
Some of these translations may be too strong (and at foutre too). Given that all the senses of foutu are marked "slang" but not as "vulgar", then - even given the inevitable approximateness and debatableness of any such attempts at labelling - it's fair to assume that "foutu" isn't as strong as "fucked" is in English. Thus, translations such as "T’es foutu ! — you’re fucked!" (however satisfying they may be given the etymological meaning of "foutre") are not really good ones. Or if they are (for I don't claim perfect knowledge) then "vulgar" should be added to the usage labels for "foutu". 86.186.42.100