give a shit

English

Verb

give a shit

(vulgar, chiefly in negative constructions) To care what someone else thinks or does, particularly in relation to what they think or say about the speaker.
I just don't give a shit!

Synonyms

give a damn
give a fig
give a fuck
- give a flying fuck
give a light
give a monkey's
give a rat's arse
give a tinker's
- give a tinker's cuss
- give a tinker's damn
- give a tinker's toss
give a toss
give two hoots
give two shits

Usage notes

Used in negative or interrogative contexts, as "Do you think I give a shit?"; in other words, this is a negative polarity item.
Used to express indifference or disregard for the attitudes or acts of others.

Translations

to (not) care

Danish: pisseligeglad, skideligeglad
Dutch: kunnen schelen, kunnen bommen
Esperanto: fajfi (eo) (negative sense), prifajfi (negative sense)
French: en avoir quelque chose à foutre (positive sense), n’en avoir rien à foutre (fr) (negative sense), s’en foutre (fr) (negative sense)
German: scheißegal (de) (negative sense) (e.g.: mir ist (es) scheißegal)

Greek: στ' αρχίδια μου (st' archídia mou), στα παπάρια μου (sta papária mou), χέστηκα (el) (chéstika), σκασίλα μου (skasíla mou)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} fregarsene (it), (vulgar) ^{(please verify)} importarsene un cazzo
Polish: (negative sense) gówno obchodzić, (negative sense) mieć w dupie (pl)
Portuguese: dar a mínima, estar cagando para (vulgar), estar cagando e andando (vulgar)
Russian: (на)плева́ть (ru) ((na)plevátʹ) (negative sense) (e.g.: мне (на)плевать), начха́ть (ru) (načxátʹ) (negative sense), по́ фигу (ru) (pó figu) (negative sense), по́ хую (pó xuju), по хую́ (po xujú) (negative sense, vulgar) (e.g.: мне по хую), не еба́ть (ne jebátʹ) (negative sense) (e.g.: меня не ебёт)

Conjugation

conjugation of give a shit

infinitive			give a shit
present participle			giving a shit
past participle			gave a shit
	simple		progressive		perfect		perfect progressive
present	I give a shit	we give a shit	I am giving a shit	we are giving a shit	I have gave a shit	we have gave a shit	I have been giving a shit	we have been giving a shit
	you give a shit	you give a shit	you are giving a shit	you are giving a shit	you have gave a shit	you have gave a shit	you have been giving a shit	you have been giving a shit
	he gives a shit	they give a shit	he is giving a shit	they are giving a shit	he has gave a shit	they have gave a shit	he has been giving a shit	they have been giving a shit

past	I gave a shit	we gave a shit	I was giving a shit	we were giving a shit	I had gave a shit	we had gave a shit	I had been giving a shit	we had been giving a shit
	you gave a shit	you gave a shit	you were giving a shit	you were giving a shit	you had gave a shit	you had gave a shit	you had been giving a shit	you had been giving a shit
	he gave a shit	they gave a shit	he was giving a shit	they were giving a shit	he had gave a shit	they had gave a shit	he had been giving a shit	they had been giving a shit

future	I will give a shit	we will give a shit	I will be giving a shit	we will be giving a shit	I will have gave a shit	we will have gave a shit	I will have been giving a shit	we will have been giving a shit
	you will give a shit	you will give a shit	you will be giving a shit	you will be giving a shit	you will have gave a shit	you will have gave a shit	you will have been giving a shit	you will have been giving a shit
	he will give a shit	they will give a shit	he will be giving a shit	they will be giving a shit	he will have gave a shit	they will have gave a shit	he will have been giving a shit	they will have been giving a shit

conditional	I would give a shit	we would give a shit	I would be giving a shit	we would be giving a shit	I would have gave a shit	we would have gave a shit	I would have been giving a shit	we would have been giving a shit
	you would give a shit	you would give a shit	you would be giving a shit	you would be giving a shit	you would have gave a shit	you would have gave a shit	you would have been giving a shit	you would have been giving a shit
	he would give a shit	they would give a shit	he would be giving a shit	they would be giving a shit	he would have gave a shit	they would have gave a shit	he would have been giving a shit	they would have been giving a shit

imperative	give a shit

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