The most powerful italian imprecation, to call God as a Pig. It's an expression increasingly used in
Italy.
Anyway it's the most used in
Italy, and it's one of the main
words that a foreigner learns when he comes in Italy, together with "ciao", "arrivederci", "caffè"...
There are many reasons to use it:
- a pain after an
hurt ("porcoddio
che male! - porco dio what a pain!");
- an exclamation of surprise ("porcoddio
che spettacolo! - porco dio what a show!");
- an exclamation when you are doing a job that doesn'
t works ("eee porcoddio guarda se sto cazzo de chiodo entra ner muro! - eee porco dio look if this shit of nail goes in the wall!").