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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Eroticism]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Do you know how to 'talk dirty' in Catalan? 20 words to 'smear' and not 'fuck']]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/languages/do-you-know-how-to-talk-dirty-in-catalan-20-words-to-smear-and-not-fuck_1_5671884.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/e75e08a4-1094-4331-be39-8ae6f9349263_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1045488.jpg" /></p><p>Anglicisms are dominating conversations about sexuality and romantic relationships, because English has given names to situations that previously had no name, such as <em>breadcrumbing</em> (give bread springs) or the <em>yearning</em> (the longing). And also to sexual identities and practices that had not been made visible, from<em>spanking</em> (the one born) in the <em>bondage</em> (the ligament) passing through the<em>squirting</em> (the sprouting). Traditionally, it has been Castilianisms that have colonized the <em>dirty talk</em> Catalan. However, Catalan has thousands of slang terms for all registers, even the most informal and intimate ones. In <em>Cardamos in Catalan</em> (Rosa dels Vents) Linguists Laura Boj, Xènia Hernández, and Roger Miras propose hundreds of genuine words and alternatives to the most common foreign terms for (oral) sex. "We want to move away from the clichés that using genuinely Catalan words when we have sex doesn't sound dirty or sensual. Does the name make the thing? Doesn't it turn you on when they go down on you, when they give it to you good, when they give you a blowjob, when they give you a blowjob, or when they suck your dick?" in the book. </p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Serra]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Mar 2026 11:00:53 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA["I had sex with my partner so he would stop nagging me."]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Anglicisms are colonizing Catalan sexual language, which was already full of Castilianisms.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[And in bed, do we get aroused in Catalan?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/languages/and-in-bed-do-we-get-excited-in-catalan_130_5671520.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/c4d9f6e0-a985-4a75-933f-7ebb3e620c9d_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x1295y3208.jpg" /></p><p>"What the hell do you really want from me?" asks figure skater Shane Hollander to his rival and lover Ilya Rozanov in the popular series <em>More than rivals</em>. — I want you to suck my dick. — Go to hell. You're unbelievable. Suck my dick — he replies angrily, using euphemistic ethnic pronouns.<a href="https://en.ara.cat/media/the-series-that-has-half-the-world-obsessed-and-that-will-raise-the-temperature_1_5637878.html" target="_blank"><em>More than rivals</em></a> It's one of the trendy shows that has forced translator Alba Garcia Ventura to sharpen her skills, commissioned by the production company Dumilieu Media. The Movistar series (subtitled in Catalan) explores the sexual tension between two hockey players and, in doing so, portrays a linguistic tension present in erotic Catalan in film and television: the need to find genuine words for the constant... <em>fuck</em>, <em>Dick</em> and <em>suck</em> that don't sound repetitive, artificial, or comical.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Serra]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:03:56 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Two subtitled stills from 'Més que rivals', in English and Catalan.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Catalan has great sexual and erotic potential, but we need to expand and normalize our lexical repertoire.]]></subtitle>
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