This article is a summary of Spanish profanity, referre to in the Spanish language as lenguaje soez (low language), maldiciones (curse words), malas palabras (bad words), insultos (insults), vulgaridades (vulgarities), juramentos (oaths - swearing), palabrotas (lit. "big words"), tacos (in Spain), lisuras (in Peru), puteadas (in Argentina), garabatos (gibberish or shootings/firings in Chile), or groserías (impolite words). Spanish profanity varies in Spanish speaking nations, and even in regions of the same nation. Several of these words have linguistic and historical significance.