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title: "jodido"
translation: "Broke. Broken. In bad shape."
type: "word"
category: "slang"
url: "https://consalsa.app/words/jodido"
canonical: "https://consalsa.app/words/jodido"
published: "2026-10-15"
updated: "2026-10-15"
author: "Andrey the Nomad"
site: "ConSalsa.App"
license: "https://consalsa.app/terms#ip"
---

# jodido
URL: https://consalsa.app/words/jodido
Translation: Broke. Broken. In bad shape.
Pronunciation: /xoˈði.ðo/
Category: slang
Region: Mexico
Register: mildly vulgar, everywhere, softer here than in Spain
Variants: jodida, está jodido, ando jodido, joderse
Literal meaning: From joder - the DLE traces it to Latin futuere, to have sex with. In Spain it has been worn down into an all-purpose exclamation; Mexico kept the verb sense of wrecking or pestering.
Tone & safety: Not a word for a client or somebody's grandmother, but mild in the senses on this page. Amolado and fregado are the clean swaps. ¡Jódete! and que se joda are not mild and are not covered by any of that.
Published: 2026-10-15

Quick answer:
- Jodido covers four things: broke, broken, run down, and done for - and only context separates them.
- It comes from joder, which Mexico kept as a verb about pestering and wrecking rather than as the exclamation it became in Spain.
- Fregado and amolado are the clean swaps; se chingó and está de la chingada are the rung above.

What it means:
- Something is not working, and the something can be your finances, an object, or you. Ando jodido is broke. Se jodió el bóiler is broken. Me siento jodido is run down.
- It also means done for. Si no entrego hoy, estoy jodido is I am finished, and me jodí is I have wrecked it for myself - this one is about consequences rather than condition, and it is as common as the other three.
- And it does difficulty. Está jodido el examen means the exam is brutal, and está jodida la situación means things are hard - neither of which is about anything being broken.
- As a noun it is a class word. Un jodido is a poor wretch and los jodidos is the people at the bottom, and it turns up in political speech as often as in a kitchen.

Literal meaning:
- The etymology is documented and it explains the charge. The DLE traces joder to Latin futuere, to have sex with - which is why the word carries anything at all, and why the polite versions exist.
- The two countries went different ways with it. In Spain ¡joder! became the all-purpose exclamation, so frequent it barely registers - closer to damn than to a hard swear. Mexico kept more of the verb: to pester, to ruin, to wreck, and handed the exclamation job to chingar.
- So a learner arriving with a Spanish phrasebook has it doubly wrong. Jodido in Mexico is mildly rude - not for a client meeting, not a second thought with friends - and the bare ¡joder! is the thing that marks you, not the adjective.
- The ladder is the useful part. Fregado and amolado do the same jobs with no rudeness attached, jodido is the middle rung, and se chingó or está de la chingada is the one that changes the room.

How Mexicans use it:
- About money it is one of the standard ways to say broke, and it is a shade heavier than bruja - jodido carries a sense of the situation rather than just the week.
- About objects it is completely ordinary. Está jodido el cargador, se jodió la lavadora - and the reflexive joderse is what things do when they break.
- About people it is sympathetic more often than not. Se ve jodido said about somebody is closer to he looks like hell than to any insult, and it usually comes with an offer of help.
- About difficulty it is common in conversation and rare in writing. Está jodido conseguir cita is a real complaint about a real problem, and in an email it would be está complicado.
- About consequences it is the shortest way to say you are finished. Ya estás jodido, me jodí, si no entrego hoy estoy jodido - all ordinary, and all about what happens next rather than about how anything looks.

Tone and safety:
- Mildly vulgar, and genuinely mild. Between friends and most colleagues nobody registers it; with a client, a stranger, or somebody's grandmother it is the wrong choice, and only because of what it is built from.
- The exit is easy. Fregado and amolado cover the same ground safely - though fregado skews a generation older and carries extra senses of its own, so it is the safe swap rather than a free one.
- Two forms are not mild and the page should say so. ¡Jódete! is screw you and que se joda is screw him, and both are genuinely offensive in a way ando jodido is not. Everything on this page about the word being softer than its reputation stops applying the moment it is aimed at a person.
- The other place it lands harder than intended is about somebody in front of them. Se ve jodido said sympathetically about somebody absent is fine; estás jodido to their face is a different sentence.

Common mistake:
- Importing the Spanish register. A learner who has met joder in Spain will treat jodido as a hard swear and avoid a word Mexicans use casually all day. The reverse is also worth knowing - the bare ¡joder! as an exclamation marks you instantly as somebody who learned Spanish in Spain. ¡No jodas! and ¡no me jodas! are a different matter and are completely Mexican.
- Using it when only money is the problem. Ando bruja is clean, unambiguous and carries no judgment. Ando jodido says the whole situation is bad, which may be more than you meant.

Examples:
- Ando bien jodido este mes. — I'm really broke this month.
- Se jodió la lavadora otra vez. — The washing machine broke again.
- Me siento jodido, creo que ya me enfermé. — I feel like crap, I think I'm getting sick.
- Está jodido conseguir cita en el consulado. — Getting an appointment at the consulate is brutal.
- Si no entrego hoy, estoy jodido. — If I don't hand it in today, I'm done for.

Mini dialogue:
A: ¿Y ahora qué tienes? Andas con una cara.
B: Nada. Se jodió el bóiler y no traigo para arreglarlo.
A: ¿Hasta cuándo te cae la quincena?
B: El viernes. O sea que me toca bañarme con agua fría cuatro días.
A: Ni modo. Yo tengo un plomero, al rato te paso el número.

FAQ:
Q: What does jodido mean?
A: Broke, broken, run down, or done for - separate senses, with context deciding which. It also covers difficulty: está jodido el examen means the exam is brutal.

Q: Is jodido a bad word in Mexico?
A: Mildly, in the senses on this page. The DLE traces joder to Latin futuere, but Mexico kept it as a verb about pestering and wrecking. ¡Jódete! and que se joda are a different matter and are genuinely offensive.

Q: What is the clean version of jodido?
A: Fregado or amolado. Both do the same jobs with no rudeness - though fregado skews older and has extra senses of its own, so amolado is often the cleaner swap.

Q: What is the rung above jodido?
A: Se chingó and está de la chingada. Same jobs, much higher voltage. Watch the form - bare chingado on its own is usually ¡ah, chingado!, which means surprise rather than broken.

Q: What is the difference between jodido and bruja?
A: Scope. Ando bruja is broke this week, clean and specific. Ando jodido says the whole situation is bad, and it is mildly rude.

Q: Does joder mean the same in Mexico as in Spain?
A: Not quite. In Spain the bare ¡joder! is the all-purpose exclamation and barely registers; in Mexico that slot belongs to chingar, and the bare form marks you as somebody who learned Spanish in Spain. Mexico does say ¡no jodas! and ¡no me jodas! all the time.

Q: What does se jodió mean?
A: It broke. The reflexive is what objects do - se jodió la lavadora, se jodió el cargador - and it is completely ordinary.

Related words: estoy-bruja, esta-del-nabo, chafa, ya-valio, chingar