F*ck Fiat! Brazilian Engrish?

I´m Brazilian and i´ll tell ya “f*ck” doens´t exist in portuguese , we know this word from english , the correspondent word it´s “Foda” … that is usually used like “hooowww cooolll!!” …. and sure , it´s used like “f*ck” too….. (my english it´s not very good, but i hope that it´s “understandable” )

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Oh and the owner of F*ck Fiat also has this company:

http://www.fucksa.com.br/site/index_en.php

….Ok , i´m Brazilian and I tell ya “f*ck” don´t have any meaning in portuguese…. , we just know this world from english and means…(oh… you guys already know…. ok…) , in portuguese “f*ck” it´s written “foda”…. (foda means the same as “f*ck” … and it´s often used like “wow , so cool !! ” meaning…. )

Hope my poor english worked better than our Fiat´s ….. ..

and “yes” “f*ck” in this case it´s the dealership´s name……

( I´m here and thinking , that name might be on purpose of sound that way….. to be a “engrish”…..)

I lived in Brazil. They love English. They also know that we in the U.S. consider the f-word to be a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad word. But I don’t think they really get how offensive it is to us. I had decent people, even very religious people, say that word and others to me just because they thought it would be funny to say it to an actual American. When I was not amused, they didn’t know why. That’s just how language goes.

PS: it is *not* a last name in Brazil. Sorry to disappoint you.

It’s not a last name FROM Brazil. Maybe a foreign one, from Germany or something. The first name of the above mentioned professor is Reinhardt, so that should give you a tip.

I am from Brazil and I didn’t believe the name of this car dealer until I checked the website. It is really funny, but apparently they have no idea what the word means.

There’s a Polish talent show on one of the Polsat channels this weekend (4th-5th October). I think it’s TVP2. The compere’s wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Fuk Religion- Talk To God”.

How do they pronounce it in Brazil? /fuk/ ?

They, the Brazilian, would pronounce it ‘Fookee’

Gary S : A Brazilian name doesn’t need to be of Portuguese origins to be Brazilian.

Gosh! Well, most of brazilian people I know have a great english and know pretty well what the word means, even if we have a similar word (Foda) that means something is really cool, while “Foder” means to f*ck.
So, I’m pretty sure is a last name….

Still, if my last name was F*ck, i’d never use it in my store o.o’

I’m brazilian, by the way.

And actually, if I’ve seen the word I’d say like it’s said in english. Most brazilians that went to school would. I don’t know how the others would read since we don’t have the letter K in our alphabet.

It’s really impressive! Made me laugh a lot!

I am Brazilian and F*CK is a word most Brazilians know..Haha that’s so weird, I couldn’t figure out what they tried to say…

1 – Eric: UnB is the university of Brasília, not Brazil.
2 – I bet this car retailer gets a lot of free publicity because of their controversial name, and they can’t be court-ordered to remove it, because it’s an actual family name.
3 – Another famous German name is “Fuchs”.
4 – You guys (Americans) call guys named Richard “Dick”, and nobody’s going to complain about Dick’s Car Retail.

Is it me or there is a huge brazilian traffic here?
I’m brazilian btw =)

And no, we wouldn’t spell “fookee”, only very ignorant people don’t know that word, and I highly doubt someone who has a car dealership would be so ignorant.

I thougt i’d find the site down or something! It’s still there.

Yes, it is a surname of german origins. I actually know people from the Fuck (it is pronouced “fook”) family who live in the State of Santa Catarina. I always wondered the huge amount of jokes they would have to bear when traveling to english spoken countries.