Can you #! @*&% believe it?

Of all the things we are slow to understand about Brazilian language and culture, swearing is one of them. It's not like home were a swear is a swear is a swear and no matter the context most people wouldn't drop f-bombs in front of children. Here, the context matters. As far as we can tell, their f-word, foda, is vulgar when it refers to the sex act and profane when used as a negative enhancer but is fine when used as a positive enhancer.  For example, someone might cause offense by referring to a situation as fucked up but to say the music is fucking great would be just fine. For the record, we are not trying to drop effers until we really get these rules dialed, cause we very much want to be fucking respectful all the fucking time.