tfu

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtfu/

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• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: tfu

Interjection

tfu!

1. (colloquial) ptooey (the sound of spitting, usually indicating disgust)

   Synonyms: fe, pfu

2. (colloquial) scratch that (used to tell the interlocutor to ignore the previous statement)

   Synonym: pfu

   Hypernym: wróć

Further reading

• tfu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tfu in Polish dictionaries at PWN