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foutre la merde

French, verb/fu.tʁə la mɛʁd/

foutre la merde is a French verb meaning “to stir shit, to mess things up, to fuck things up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “ou Mettre le chaos ; semer le désordre ; provoquer la zizanie”.

What does foutre la merde mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    vulgarto stir shit, to mess things up, to fuck things up

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. ou Mettre le chaos ; semer le désordre ; provoquer la zizanie.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of foutre la merde

  • foutre la marde

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce foutre la merde?

  • /fu.tʁə la mɛʁd/
  • \fu.tʁə la mɛʁd\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.