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How to Say Stupid in Indonesian – Vocabulary – Example

A better communication can be build by a good language understanding. If you want to have a good language understanding, you should practice it every time. Especially if you want to learn the Indonesian language. You should find a partner or a group of people that have the same interest like you. This will help you to improve your Indonesian language. You can have an informal conversation with your partners. One of the informal conversation is how to say stupid in Indonesian.

It is not only a word to underestimate people’s skill or intelligence. People usually use this whenever they tell a joke to their friends. But, ‘stupid’ word is used to express someone’s madness if they get mad at the other people’s stupidity.

This word can hurt someone’s feeling if you express it with an angry expression. That is why, you better keep your anger and don’t hurt other people’s feeling by this ‘stupid’ word. You can use this ‘stupid’ word whenever you tell a joke with your friends. Here is the article for how to say stupid in Indonesian.

How to say stupid in Indonesian

  • Bodoh
  • Bego
  • Goblok
  • Geblek
  • Tolol

All the words are equal to stupid in Bahasa Indonesia.

The use of ‘stupid’ on a joke

  • Memang kamunya bego,ya? – is it you who are stupid?
  • Hahaha.. Emang goblok kamu.- Lol. You are stupid.
  • Jangan bodoh, teman! – do not be stupid, dude!

From the example above, you can see the usage of ‘stupid’ word is not for the anger expression. It is just a regular conversation with your friend, and you can make sure that it doesn’t hurt their feeling. In Indonesian,  there are 3 common ‘stupid’ words that are used in a regular conversation.

Those are ‘bodoh’, ‘bego’, and ‘goblok’. The first one, ‘bodoh’ , is used in a formal or informal situation. It is the most used ‘stupid’ word in a daily conversation. The second, ‘bego’ is used in an informal situation, it is a slang for ‘bodoh’. While ‘goblok’ is also use in an informal situation, but it is a little rude. Because it is usually used when people express their madness on other people.

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The use of ‘stupid’ to express anger

  • Dasar kamu bodoh!- What a stupid person!
  • Memang kamu goblok! – You are so dumb!
  • Bukan begitu, bodoh! – it is not like that, idiot!

The sentences above are rude to say to other people, because those are used to express anger. Once you say it to other people, you can hurt their feelings. That is why, you should choose the words wisely if you want to talk to other people. 

Here are the other examples of the ‘stupid’ word in Indonesian.

  • Kamu memang yang paling goblok- you are the most stupid person
  • Kamu, kok bego sih? – why are you so stupid?
  • Jangan bertindak bodoh, ya! – don’t act stupid!
  • Dia memang pintar. Saking pintarnya dia selalu gagal di ujian. – he is smart. Even he always fail his exam ( this is a sarcasm )
  • Bisa tidak kamu lebih pintar sedikit? – can you be a little smarter?

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That is all for the how to say stupid in Indonesian article. You better use the word not for a bad purpose, because it can hurt people’s feeling. You can use the ‘stupid’ word for a joke instead. Hope this article will help you out with a basic conversation in Indonesian. That’s about how to say stupid in Indonesian, but you better not to say it.