#vostfr

Enfoiré nom - Imbécile, maladroit; personne méprisable.

"You think I'm asshole?" - "I know you're an asshole?" "Tu me prends pour un enfoiré?" - "Je sais que tu es un enfoiré" (Episode 1 - Rookies)

It takes just over 22 minutes for the first asshole to make an appearance and here it's translated as enfoiré for both.

"What a fucking asshole" "Putain, quel enfoiré, celui-là." (Episode 1 - Rookies)

Enfoiré is a soft way to call someone an asshole. It can be told in jest or to describe someone being an absolute asshole either way, mostly meant as an insult but a softball one (imho - I'm also a southern gal that uses putain as others will use a comma so you know...)

A friend calls me une enfoirée? I might raise an eyebrow but laugh it off because I know the reason why. Someone I don't know calls me one? I might take a step toward them and ask for clarification. You know.

Here in the context of both usage, it works as an insult that is also an endearement. Tone will do a lot of the heavy lifting in this case as well.

Con adjectif, nom - idiot, imbécile

"Yeah, he's an asshole." "Oui. C'est un gros con" (Episode 1 - Rookies)

Ilya is not just defined as a con but as a gros con here - a big idiot. In the scale of insults, to call someone un con or un gros con is ... light.

Your friend did a stupid prank or did something idiotic? He is un con. The lady down the road put the recyclable in the general waste bin (and you assume she didn't know better)? Quelle conne alors.

It's linked to connerie, which is to do something stupid, to tell a stupid joke.

Connard

adjectif, nom - con (II), crétin

"He's an asshole, right?" "Un sacré connard, non?" (Episode 1 - Rookies)

Connard goes beyond con. Holds the same meaning but further up the scale. Your ex is not just un con but un connard. Your neighbor who parked in front of your driveway just because he could is un connard. There is an intent of being an asshole with the word connard. If someone calls you un connard, it means they can smells the deception behind your stupidity. Where the con will be an asshole out of just being stupid, the connard will be an asshole because he can.

Unlike enfoiré and con, which can be adapted to all genders, connard is only used to describe men.

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And that's it for episode 1 - see you soon for Episode 2 and more shades of assholes.

I may also do a series regarding the "Fuck" and "Fuck you" as well as do a massive rant about where the french subtitles are no bueno because there are a few wtf moments hidden in this show.

Until then, see you next season.