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by brodock 20 days ago
Can also mean annoying. As a general recommnedation, before naming a project or company something, always search whether it means something bad in the top 10 most spoken languages.

For portuguese/spanish, there is always a high chance of being a slang that is NSFW

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There's a Hyundai car whose name literally means "pussy" in Portuguese and Galician x) It's marketed as something else in those territories.
Don't forget the famous Mitsubishi Pajero (wanker)
And Toyota Venza which sound like "toilet seat" in... Japanese, of all languages...
Honda was originally planning to name a model "fitta" before they discovered what it meant for Swedes/Norwegians (same meaning as in your example)
I’m going to say Nova to that.
Also annoyed/angry/cross.