Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza, and Brasilia are the country’s most “dirty-mouth” capitals, according to a survey conducted by the language learning platform Preply.
São Luís, in Maranhão, would be the least mouthy.
The study reached this conclusion last month after collecting 1,639 interviews with Brazilians living in 15 metropolises in November.
The first stage of the survey also revealed that Goiânia would be Brazil’s rudest city.
On average, a Brazilian speaks almost seven swear words (more precisely, 6.61) daily.
However, the winners have an average of eight swear words per citizen.
The survey also shows that Brazilians are not that rude: the average number of swear words per person per day in England is 10, while in the US, this number is even higher – 21 swear words per day per American.
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WHO LOOSENS THE TONGUE?
Men also swear more than women – they cuss around 8.48 times a day, and women, 5.35 times.
There are also differences between younger and older people: while those over 55 swear 4.74 times a day, those between 16 and 24 release a swear word 8.9 times on average, that is, twice as many.
Despite being an everyday practice, 56.99% of Brazilians said they are bothered by other people’s vulgar language.
Of them, 60.41% are women who do not tolerate foul-mouthedness, and 51.90% are men who do not appreciate the lingo.
Younger people are more tolerant of vulgar language, as 47.49% said they do not accept swear words.
Among those over 55 years old, this number rises to 61.11%.
Therefore, those who disapprove of this behavior can prepare their bags to disembark in São Luís in Maranhão, Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, and Salvador in Bahia, where the residents showed more concern about rude expressions.
According to the survey, those who can’t live without a swear word will feel more comfortable in Manaus (Amazonas), Recife (Pernambuco), and Rio de Janeiro (RJ), where the population is more open to this form of expression.
WHERE DO BRAZILIANS SWEAR MORE OR LESS?
The bad words escape more inside the home (47.83%) than in other places.
In São Luís, the national municipality with the least “dirty-mouthed”, 60% of the inhabitants prefer to swear more at home.
On the other hand, the place where Brazilians feel less comfortable resorting to swearing is at work: only 9.53% confessed to swearing during the workday.
In Porto Alegre, however, the residents were much more likely to swear in front of the boss than the national average: 19.05% admitted to a more “colorful” swearing during business hours.
The second circumstance in which swearing is more frequent in the country is “behind the wheel”: 16.65% of Brazilians admitted that they swear while driving.
However, the traffic is much foul-mouthed than the average in Campinas, in the countryside of São Paulo, where 33.33% of the population allows swearing on the streets.
The occasion when Brazilians avoid using foul language the most is in front of their children (78.1%) or their boss (76.88%).
In these two scenarios, it is almost sure that people from the state of Maranhão will not swear since about 90% guarantee they do not swear in front of children or a superior.
On the other hand, people from Campinas are more careful not to use foul language at the dinner table (89.47%).
WHO IS THE TARGET OF CURSING?
A good part of Brazilians are not trying to offend anyone when they swear; the person most often cursed at in the country is the person who curses, since 26.85% guaranteed that they usually direct their curses at themselves.
The people from Porto Alegre, especially, are the angriest with themselves: 45.24% take out their frustrations this way.
The swear word with no particular destination is also trendy and was used by 20.6% of respondents.
Thankfully, friends, love partners, co-workers, siblings, and parents are far less frequently targets of rudeness.
However, two cities stood out for having swearing rates aimed at people they live with much higher than the national average.
Belém, in Pará, for example, has almost double (23.53%) the number of curses addressed to loving partners than the country’s average (12.99%).
Belo Horizonte, in Minas Gerais, on the other hand, more than quadrupled (4.86%) the average of vulgar expressions (0.96%) against one’s parents in all of Brazil.
With information from UOL