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Jump to navigationJump to searchTerms used around the world to refer to homosexual persons may vary greatly by culture and language. Some terms are derived from stereotypes, including terms alluding to pederasty. Many terms are derived from gay, the common word in English used to refer to homosexual men and women (homosexual women are also called lesbians).
Pejorative terms are also listed, which may derive from insults, homophobia, stereotypes, or religious stories such as Sodom and Gomorrah.
| Language | Term | Literal meaning | Style |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | moffie | diminutive | derogatory |
| Albanian | gej | gay | neutral |
| Albanian | homo | from homosexual | derogatory |
| Albanian | pederast, pede | pederast, attractive lad | derogatory |
| Arabic | لوطي (lūŧī) | of Lot's people; Sodomite | derogatory (religious) |
| Arabic | مثلي (miθli) | of the same | neutral |
| Arabic | منحرف (munħaraf) | queer/out of line | slightly derogatory |
| Arabic | شاذ (shað) | weird, queer, pervert | neutral |
| Arabic | خول (khawal) | gay | highly derogatory (Egypt) |
| Arabic | متناك (metnak) | assfucked | very highly derogatory |
| Armenian | միասեռամոլ (miaseramol) | homosexual | neutral |
| Bengali | সমকামী shômokami, গে ge | homosexual, gay | neutral |
| Bulgarian | хомо (homo), педераст, педал | homo(sexual) | slightly derogatory |
| Bulgarian | педал (pedal) | pedal | derogatory |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 基佬 (gēi-lóu) | 'basic' man (the Chinese character 基 (basic, pronounced: gēi) is phonetically similar to 'gay') | slightly derogatory |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 屎忽鬼 (see-fat-gwai) | butt ghost (referring to anal sex) | derogatory |
| Catalan | gai | gay | neutral |
| Catalan | marieta | alteration of "Mary" | derogatory |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 同性戀 (tóngxìnglián) | same-sex love/yearning | neutral (technical; equivalent to English "homosexual") |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 同志 (tóngzhì) | comrade | neutral (informal; equivalent to English "gay"); a pun on Communist usage of the word |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 玻璃 (bōlī) | glass, crystal | derogatory |
| Czech | teplouš | warm | slightly derogatory |
| Czech | buzna/buzerant | faggot | derogatory |
| Czech | bukvice | beechnut | slightly derogatory |
| Danish | bæskubber | feces-pusher | derogatory; used for men |
| Danish | bøsse | gun | neutral; used for men |
| Danish | homo | slang for homosexual | neutral |
| Danish | lebbe | slang for "lesbian" | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for women |
| Danish | svans | tail | derogatory; used for men |
| Dutch | homo or homoseksueel | homosexual | neutral |
| Dutch | nicht | niece | slightly derogatory |
| Dutch | poot | paw | derogatory |
| Dutch | flikker | (no litteral meaning) | highly derogatory |
| Dutch | reetroeier | arse-rower | highly derogatory (infrequently used) |
| Dutch | bruinwerker | brownhatter (lit. brown-worker) | highly derogatory (infrequently used) |
| Dutch | mietje | abbreviation of 'sodomietje', litterally meaning sodomite | slightly derogatory |
| Dutch | pot | pot (for lesbians) | derogatory |
| Dutch | tapet | from French "tapette": fly swatter (Flemish only) | derogatory |
| English | gay | joyous, cheery, bright, lively | neutral |
| English | queer | strange | slightly derogatory or neutral |
| English | poofter (or poofta) | an openly homosexual man | very derogatory |
| English | faggot, fag | bundle of sticks or branches, cigarette, see faggot (wood) | highly derogatory |
| English | fruit | fruit | very derogatory or neutral |
| English | fairy | fairy | slightly more derogatory or neutral |
| English | batty boy | Jamaican Creole, abbreviation of 'bottom' | very derogatory, homosexual male |
| English | buftie [1] | Scottish, young homosexual man | very derogatory; used for men |
| English | dyke | ? | neutral or derogatory; used for women |
| English | poof [2] (or puff) | homosexual man | derogatory |
| English | queen [3] | homosexual man | neutral or derogatory; used for men |
| English | fudge-packer | (compressing faeces in anal sex) | very derogatory; used for men |
| English | fudge-nudger | (nudging faeces in anal sex) | very derogatory; used for men |
| English | bum-bandit [4] | (taking somebody from the rear) | very derogatory; used for men |
| English | turd-burgler [5] | (similar to 'bum-bandit') | very derogatory; used for men |
| English | shirt-lifter [6] | (lifting shirt to take from rear) | very derogatory; used for men |
| English | pillow-biter [7] | (biting pillow during anal penetration) | very derogatory; used for men |
| English | minge-muncher [8] | (lesbian giving cunnilingus) | very derogatory; used for women |
| English | carpet-muncher [9] | (see 'minge-muncher') | very derogatory; used for women |
| English | brown-hatter [10] | (describes faeces on glans-penis) | very derogatory; used for men |
| English | Chi-chi man [11] | Jamaican slang for homosexual | derogatory; used for men (can be adjusted for women) |
| English | bender [12] | (describes one who is 'bent') | very derogatory; used for men |
| English | teapot [13] | (pot used for tea with spout likened to effeminate gesture) | very derogatory; used for men |
| English | sausage-jockey [14] | (man who rides another man's penis) | very derogatory; used for men |
| Esperanto | geja | gay (cf. gaja = joyous, cheery, bright, lively) | neutral |
| Esperanto | lesba | lesbian | neutral |
| Esperanto | samseksama | loving the same sex | neutral |
| Esperanto | samseksema | tending to the same sex | neutral |
| Estonian | homo | short for homosexual | neutral |
| Estonian | gei | loanword: gay | neutral |
| Estonian | pede | pederast | derogatory; used for men |
| Estonian | munniimeja | dick sucker | derogatory; used for men |
| Estonian | suhuvõtja | cocksucker | derogatory; used for men |
| Estonian | lilla | diminutive of "flower" | derogatory; used for men |
| Estonian | pepuvend | ass/arse buddy | derogatory; used for men |
| Estonian | vaibasööja | rugmuncher | derogatory; used for women |
| Faroese | bøssi | from the Danish word meaning "gun" | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for men |
| Faroese | homo | slang for "homosexual" | neutral or slightly derogatory |
| Faroese | gjeikari | ? | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for men |
| Faroese | lebbi | slang for "lesbian" | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for women |
| Faroese | samkynd, samkyndur | same-gendered | neutral; used for women and men respetctively |
| Farsi/Persian | كوني Kooni | Arse giver | derogatory |
| Finnish | hintti, hinttari | fag, faggot | derogatory |
| Finnish | hinuri | tower (as in a person who tows) | derogatory |
| Finnish | lepakko | bat (the animal) | slightly derogatory; used for lesbians |
| Finnish | ruskean reiän ritari | knight of the brown hole | highly derogatory |
| Finnish | homo | short of "homosexual" | neutral |
| French | folle | feminine of "fou" | derogatory |
| French | tante, tata | aunt, auntie | derogatory |
| French | tantouze | augmentative of "tante" | derogatory |
| French | tapette | flyswatter | derogatory |
| French | pédé | pederast | derogatory |
| French | pédaloide | pun on "pedals" and former | derogatory |
| French | enculeur | assfucker | derogatory |
| French | enculé | one who is assfucked | mostly used as generic derogatory term, like "fucked-up" |
| French | gouine | "lesbienne" or dyke | derogatory |
| French | homo | short of "homosexual" | neutral or slightly derogatory |
| French | il en est | he's one of them | slightly derogatory |
| French (Quebec) | fifi, fif | stereotypical name for a poodle | derogatory |
| French (Quebec) | grande | same meaning as "folle" | derogatory |
| French (Quebec) | gai, gay | gay | neutral |
| German | Schwanzlutscher | cocksucker | highly derogatory |
| German | schwul | warm, hot (cf. schwül which means warm and moist weather) | neutral, formerly derogatory |
| German | lesbisch | lesbian (adjectiv) | neutral |
| German | Lesbe | lesbian (noun) | neutral |
| German | Schwuchtel | mock feminine of schwul | derogatory |
| German | Schwuppe | Schwuler in northern Germany | neutral |
| German | Tunte | (cf. "Tante" = aunt) used for effeminate men | derogatory |
| German | warmer Bruder | lit. warm brother | slightly derogatory, anachronism |
| German | 175er | see Paragraph 175 (law) | archaic, slightly derogatory |
| Greek | αδερφή (adherfí) | sister (sissy) | derogatory |
| Greek | αρσενοκοίτης (arsenokítis) | man who lies down with men | derogatory, religious |
| Greek | κίναιδος (kínedhos) | shame-mover | archaic, derogatory |
| Greek | κουνιστός (kunistós) | shaking | derogatory for effeminate men |
| Greek | λούγκρα (lúgra) | gluttonous woman | derogatory for men |
| Greek | μπινές (binés) | [from Turkish "ibne"] | derogatory for men |
| Greek | ντιγκιντάγκας (digidángas) | making ding-dang sounds | derogatory for men |
| Greek | ξεφωνημένη (ksefoniméni) | screaming woman | derogatory for effeminate men |
| Greek | πισωγλέντης (pisoghléntis) | enjoys it from the back | derogatory for men |
| Greek | πούστης (poústis) | faggot | derogatory |
| Greek | συκιά (sikiá) | fig-tree | slightly derogatory |
| Greek | σαπφίδα (sapfídha) | Sappho fan | positive or neutral, literary |
| Greek | τζιβιτζιλού (dzividzilú) | [gay slang for lesbians] | slightly derogatory |
| Greek | τοιούτος (tiútos) | of that kind | old-fashioned, neutral |
| Greek | τριβάδα (trivádha) | rubber | archaic, derogatory for women |
| Haitian | gason makomè | literally boy gossiper | derogatory |
| Haitian | masisi | ? | ? |
| Haitian | sis kouler | six colors (reference to rainbow) | ? |
| Hawaiian | māhū | homosexual | derogatory |
| Hebrew | הומו (homo) | homo(sexual) | neutral for men |
| Hebrew | גאה (m: ge'e, f: ge'a) | proud | slightly positive |
| Hebrew | עליז (aliz) | gay, happy, joyful | neutral, anachronism |
| Hebrew | מתרומם (mitromem) | somebody who rises up | derogatory |
| Hebrew | אגזוזן (egzozan) | tailpipe fitter | derogatory |
| Hebrew | נטחן (nithan) | gets grinded | derogatory |
| Hebrew | אוכל בתחת (okhel batachat) | eats through the behind (i.e., allows himself to be penetrated) | derogatory |
| Hebrew | נושך כריות (nosheh kariot) | bites pillows | derogatory |
| Hebrew | מפליץ קוטג' (maflitz kotej) | farts cottage | derogatory |
| Hebrew | אוחצ'ה (oh'cha) | sister (loaned from Arabic) | derogatory for effeminate men |
| Hebrew | ויאז'ה (vieja) | old woman (loaned from Spanish) | derogatory for older gay men |
| Hebrew | לסבית (lesbit) | lesbian | neutral for women |
| Hungarian | buzi | fag, sodomite (from German Buserant, originating indirectly from "Bulgarian" as "heretic") | derogatory |
| Hungarian | homokos | sandy (but refers to the word "homosexual") | derogatory |
| Hungarian | köcsög | jug, pitcher (originating from a jail term for the passive party) |
highly derogatory |
| Hungarian | meleg | warm | neutral, PC |
| Icelandic | hommi | from "homosexuality" | neutral, for men |
| Icelandic | lesbía | lesbian | neutral, for lesbian |
| Icelandic | samkynhneigð | same sex orientation | neutral, for men and women |
| Interlingua | gay | English loanword | neutral |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᖑᑕᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃᑐᖅᑎᓘᓐᓃᑦ (angutauqatiminiktuqtiluunniit) | gay/male prostitute | derogatory |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᕐᓇᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃᑐᖅᑎᓘᓐᓃᑦ (arnauqatiminiktuqtiluunniit) | lesbian/female prostitute | derogatory |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᓪᓚᑦ (allat) | strangers | derogatory |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᕐᓈᓗᒃ (arnaaluk) | bitch | derogatory |
| Inuktitut | ᐊᖑᑕᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒃᖠᒍᓱᒃᑐᖅ (angutauqatiminigluunniit arnauqatiminigluuniit ikłigusuktuq) | "homosexual" (literally 'male-male and female-female who has a craves or lust) | neutral |
| Inuktitut | ᒐᐃ (gai) | loanword "gay" | neutral |
| Inuktitut | ᓖᓱᐱᐊᓐ(liisupian) | loanword "lesbian" | neutral |
| Irish | aerach | airy as "gay" (loan-translation from English) | neutral |
| Irish | piteog | Effeminate man | neutral or derogatory depending on usage |
| Italian | frocio | old term for the Swiss Pope guards in Rome | derogatory |
| Italian | culattone | fat ass | derogatory |
| Italian | ricchione | faggot | derogatory |
| Japanese | 同性愛者(dōseiaisha) | homosexual person | neutral |
| Japanese | ゲイ(gei) | "gay" | neutral or positive; used for men |
| Japanese | ホモ(homo) | "homo(sexual)" | highly derogatory; used for men |
| Japanese | おかま, オカマ, お釜 (okama) | cooking pot (originally a slang word for ass) | highly derogatory; used for men |
| Japanese | おなべ (onabe) | pot | derogatory; used for lesbians |
| Japanese | おネエ, オネエ (onee) | (older) sister | positive; used for effeminate gay men |
| Japanese | ビアン (bian) | abbreviation of "レズビアン(rezubian)" | positive; used for women |
| Japanese | レズ (rezu) | abbreviation of "レズビアン(rezubian)" | derogatory; used for women |
| Japanese | レズビアン (rezubian) | "lesbian" | neutral; used for women |
| Kalaallisut | anguteqatiminnoortartut | gay | neutral |
| Kalaallisut | arnateqatiminnoortartut | lesbian | neutral |
| Kalaallisut | angutinoortoq | gay | derogatory |
| Kalaallisut | homoq | loanword "homosexual" | neutral |
| Kalaallisut | qiivappoq | gay/happy | neutral |
| Kalaallisut | arnanoortoq | lesbian | neutral |
| Kalaallisut | liisupeq/liisbeq | loanword "lesbian" | neutral |
| Korean | 동성애자(dongseongaeja) | homosexual person | neutral |
| Korean | 게이(ge-i) | from English gay | neutral or slight derogatory; used for men |
| Korean | 호모(homo) | from homosexual | derogatory; used for men only |
| Korean | 이반(ee-ban) | the second common | neutral(positive or PC) |
| Latvian | pediņš | faggot | derogatory; used for men |
| Latvian | pidars | from pederast | derogatory; used for men |
| Latvian | pederasts | pederast | derogatory; used for men |
| Latvian | zilais | "blue boy" | derogatory; used for men |
| Latvian | homītis | from homosexual | derogatory; used for men |
| Latvian | zarnu kūlējs | derogatory; used for men | |
| Latvian | gejs | from gay | neutral, male |
| Latvian | homoseksuālists | from homosexual | neutral, male |
| Latvian | lesbiete | from lesbian | neutral, female |
| Latvian | homoseksuāliste | from homosexual | neutral, female |
| Lithuanian | gėjus | gay | neutral, male |
| Lithuanian | gaidys | rooster, also used for lowest caste of prisoners | derogatory |
| Lithuanian | pydaras, pyderastas, pydrila | pederast | derogatory |
| Lithuanian | žydras(is) | the baby-blue one | neutral or slightly derogatory |
| Luxembourgish | lénks | left | neutral or derogatory |
| Luxembourgish | tatta | aunty | derogatory; used for effeminate men |
| Macedonian | пешкир (peškir) | towel | derogatory |
| Malay | manya | drag queen | slightly derogatory |
| Norwegian | rompis | play on the Norwegian word for comrade "kompis", rompis it therefore a friend of the ass | derogatory; used for men |
| Norwegian | skeiv | crooked, as in not straight | neutral |
| Norwegian | traktorlesbe | Tractor lesbian, often referring to butch woman wearing manly workingclothes | derogatory; used for lesbians |
| Norwegian | homse | slang derived from "homo" | neutral; used for men |
| Norwegian | skinkerytter | "ham-rider", straightforwardly someone who engages in anal sex | derogatory; used for men |
| Norwegian | bæsjdytter | "poop-shover", straightforwardly someone who engages in anal sex | derogatory; used for men |
| Norwegian | bønnebryter | "bean-breaker", straightforwardly someone who engages in anal sex | derogatory; used for men |
| Polish | gej | gay | neutral |
| Polish | pedał | pedal | derogatory |
| Polish | homoś | a homo | derogatory |
| Polish | kochający inaczej | the one who loves in a different way | slightly derogatory |
| Polish | ciota | aunt (augmentative) | derogatory |
| Polish | pedzio | diminutive of pedal | derogatory |
| Polish | pederasta | pederast - assfucker | derogatory |
| Polish | lesba | lesbian | derogatory |
| Portuguese | (rapaz/garoto) alegre, alegrete, alegrinho, gaiato, Gaius | gay lad, merry boy | somewhat neutral, jocose |
| Portuguese | almofadinha | a dandy, pansy, sissy | slightly derogatory |
| Portuguese | amante socrático | Socratic lover | neutral, jocose |
| Portuguese | baitola | fag, from the British pronuntiation of "bitola", a tool used in the construction of Northeastern railways in the 19th century | derogatory |
| Portuguese | Bambi | Disney's character, deer = gay, a twinky bottom | highly derogatory, jocose |
| Portuguese | Barbie-Ken; rato-de-academia; bofe-Barbie | big muscles gay, gay gym rat | slightly derogatory, jocose |
| Portuguese | biba, bibinha, bibete | queer, camp, hoity-toity | very highly derogatory |
| Portuguese | bicha, bichete, bichinha | a mammal's female, fag | derogatory |
| Portuguese | boiola | used to designate delicate little boys, young lads working in theatrical sketches and musicals in the late 19th and early 20th century | derogatory (Brazil) |
| Portuguese | caminhoneira / truck dyke | truck dyke | slightly derogatory, somewhat neutral |
| Portuguese | (sub)entendido | implied, the understood one | slightly derogatory, somewhat neutral |
| Portuguese | enrustido | closet case, closet queen | derogatory |
| Portuguese | fresco, afrescalhado | (fresh, cool) a dandy, pansy, sissy | slightly derogatory |
| Portuguese | frutinha, fruta | little fruit or fruit, camp | slightly derogatory |
| Portuguese | gay | gay | neutral |
| Portuguese | gilete | bisexual, bi-curious, double-edge blade, literally | slightly neutral |
| Portuguese | invertido, detour, parafílico | inverted / deviated / paraphiliac | old-fashioned |
| Portuguese | lésbica, safista, sapho, tríbade | lesbian, sapphist, tribade | neutral |
| Portuguese | lésbica baton & rímel, femme, femina, sapatinha mini saia, sandalinha | femme, lipstick lesbian | slightly derogatory, jocose |
| Portuguese | mariquinha(s), marica(s) | pussy, pansy; from Ancient Greek "Marikas", an Eupolis comedy | derogatory |
| Portuguese | paneleiro | vendor of pots and pans | highly derogatory (Portugal) |
| Portuguese | roto | torn | derogatory (Portugal) |
| Portuguese | queima-rosca | the one who has anal sex, a bottom, passive role, literally translated "doughnut burner" | derogatory |
| Portuguese | sapatão, sapatona, numero 43, bico largo 42, botinão, mulher-macho, machona, virago | dyke, virago, literally translated "huge manly shoes / manly boots" | derogatory |
| Portuguese | sodomita | sodomite | derogatory, old-fashioned |
| Portuguese | travesti, traveco, boneca, mona, transex, transgênero, imitador do belo sexo, quase-mulher | transvestite, tranny, shemale | jocose, somewhat neutral |
| Portuguese | uranista | uranist | neutral or derogatory |
| Portuguese | veado, veadinho | deer, little deer = a twinky bottom | neutral or derogatory (Brazil) |
| Portuguese | velcro, grudar/colar velcro; bate-bolacha, bate-biscoito; tesourinhas | tribbing; "hook-and-loop fasteners sexgame"; "scissor sisters", tribadism, "mashing cookies" | slightly derogatory, somewhat neutral, jocose |
| Quechua | q'ewa | gay/homosexual | neutral |
| Romanian | bulangiu | from "bulan", police stick. Bulangiu also means "one that does not hold his part of a deal", and is more likely to be used with this meaning | derogatory |
| Romanian | poponar | derived from popou, meaning "tooshie" | highly derogatory |
| Romanian | curist | derived from cur, meaning "ass" | derogatory |
| Romanian | găozar | derived from găoază/găoz, meaning "ass hole" | derogatory |
| Romanian | pe invers (adj.) | Adjective meaning "on reverse" | somewhat neutral |
| Russian | пидор, пидорас (pidor, pidoras) | faggot, pederast | highly derogatory |
| Russian | педик (pedik) | a faggy | (slightly) derogatory |
| Russian | гей | gay | neutral |
| Russian | гомосексуалист | homosexualist | sometimes neutral, sometimes derogatory |
| Russian | голубой (goluboi) | light blue | (slightly) derogatory |
| Russian | гомик (gomik) | from 'homo' with deminutive suffix | slightly derogatory |
| Russian | гомосек (gomosek) | derived from homo | highly derogatory |
| Russian | педераст (pederast) | Until 1930s a law term | used sometimes as neutral, sometimes as degoratory |
| Russian | мужеложец (muzhelozhets) | Soviet law term | neutral |
| Russian | жопотрах (zhopotrah) | ass fucker | highly derogatory |
| Russian | говномес (govnomes) | crap puddler | highly derogatory |
| Russian | хуесос (huesos) | cock sucker | highly derogatory and swearing |
| Russian | лесбиянка, лес, лесок, лесёнок (lesbiyanka, les, lesok, lesyonok) | derivied from lesbian | somewhat neutral(1st one), endearment(when referring a tolerant one to a lesbian) |
| Russian | лесбо, лесбуха, лесбище (lesbo, lesbuha, lesbische) | lesbo, lesbian | derogatory, last one is somewhat positive... |
| Serbian | peder | gay - word derived from pederast | derogatory |
| Serbian | homo | homosexual | derogatory |
| Serbian | buljaš | butty boy | derogatory |
| Serbian | peškir | towel | derogatory |
| Serbian | gej | gay | neutral |
| Serbian | lezbejka | lesbian | derogatory for woman |
| Serbian | lezbača | hard core lesbian | very derogatory for woman |
| Shona | Ngochani | homosexual | derogatory |
| Slovak | buzerant/buzík | faggot | derogatory |
| Slovak | gej | gay | neutral |
| Slovak | homoš | homo | derogatory |
| Slovak | štvorpercentný | four-percent | neutral |
| Slovak | teploš | faggot | derogatory |
| Slovak | teplý | warm | slightly derogatory |
| Slovene | gej | gay | neutral |
| Slovene | peder | gay - word derived from pederast | highly derogatory |
| Slovene | toplovodar | anachronistic, literally "warm-water person" | very derogatory |
| Slovene | ritopik | anachronistic, literally "bottom-sting person" | highly derogatory |
| Slovene | tetka | anachronistic, literally "auntie" | derogatory |
| Slovene | homo/homič | homosexual | derogatory |
| Slovene | buzi/buzerant | faggot | very derogatory |
| Slovene | lezbijka | lesbian | neutral or slightly derogatory for woman |
| Slovene | lejzba | hard core lesbian | very derogatory for woman |
| Slovene | lezbača | hard core lesbian | highly derogatory for woman |
| Spanish | marica, mariquita, maricón | alteration of "Mary" | derogatory |
| Spanish | sarasa | bad-life-woman | derogatory |
| Spanish | bujarrón | sodomite | derogatory |
| Spanish | loca, locaza | feminine form of crazy | derogatory |
| Spanish | mariposón | big butterfly | derogatory |
| Spanish | muerdealmohadas | 'pillow-biter' | derogatory |
| Spanish | jamaicón | from Jamaica | derogatory |
| Spanish | afrancesado | As a french person | neutral (Argentina) |
| Spanish | puñal | dagger | highly derogatory (Mexico) |
| Spanish | puto | male prostitute | highly derogatory (Latin America) |
| Spanish | joto | from the Jack on the card decks, named "joto", "la jota" in Mexican Spanish | highly derogatory (Mexico) |
| Spanish | de ambiente | from the scene | neutral |
| Spanish | entendido | the understood one | neutral |
| Spanish | pato | duck | derogatory (Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) |
| Spanish | plumifero | 'with feathers' | derogatory (Puerto Rico) |
| Spanish | cueco | unknown origin | derogatory (Panama) |
| Spanish | traganachos | unknown origin | derogatory (México) |
| Swedish | bög | crooked | neutral, formerly derogatory |
| Swedish | bajspackare | fudge packer | derogatory |
| Swedish | fikus | ficus | derogatory |
| Swedish | stjärtlymmel | ass rascal | derogatory |
| Swedish | stjärtdykare | ass diver | derogatory |
| Tagalog | bakla | unknown; can also be used to describe things used by a male judged to be too effeminate (e.g. cosmetics, toiletries, clothing) | neutral or slightly derogatory |
| Tagalog | bading | unknown | neutral or slightly derogatory |
| Tagalog | baklita | unknown | neutral or slightly derogatory |
| Tagalog | binabae | effeminate | neutral |
| Tagalog | vaklush | unknown | neutral or slightly derogatory |
| Tagalog | vaklushii | unknown | neutral or slightly derogatory |
| Visayan | monmon | suck cock while being analed | neutral or slightly derogatory |
| Turkish | eşcinsel | homosexual | neutral |
| Turkish | top | ball | derogatory |
| Turkish | nonoş | old meaning: "cute, dear", now slang for effeminate gays | derogatory |
| Turkish | yumuşak | soft | derogatory |
| Turkish | ibne | homosexual (Arabic lit. feminine form of 'son', like in German 'Sohnin') | derogatory |
| Turkish | kulampara | Persian for 'boy lover', used for top gay men, particularly those who like younger persons | archaic, derogatory |
| Welsh | hoyw | happy, jolly | neutral |
| Urdu | Gando | Arse Giver | derogatory |
| Urdu | ہم جنس پرست Humjinsparast | same gender believer | neutral |
| Urdu | لوطى Looti | From Lot's people | religious, derogatory |
| Vietnamese | đồng tính luyến ái | same-sex love | neutral |
| Vietnamese | đồng tính | same-sex | neutral |
| Vietnamese | pê-đê | pederasty | derogatory |
| Vietnamese | ô môi (lesbian) | a kind of fruit | derogatory |
| Vietnamese | gay | gay | neutral |
| Vietnamese | les | lesbian | neutral |
| Vietnamese | xăng pha nhớt | petrol/oil mixture | derogatory |
| Vietnamese | hai phai | two phases | derogatory |
| Vietnamese | biến thái | metamorphosis | very derogatory |
| Vietnamese | bóng | shadow | derogatory |
| Yiddish | פֿײגעלע (feygele) | "little bird" - a diminutive of bird (פֿויגל) | veryderogatory |
| IsiZulu | unqingili | ? | very derogatory |
See also
Notes
- Note: some of the translations given in the following pages are for "gay" in the traditional definition of "joyful"
