Countach is, in fact, a word in the Piedmontese language, an Italian dialect spoken in the country's northwestern region. ... It's transformed to mean "an exclamation of wonder, in front of something extraordinary or exaggerated." It's more or less like saying in Italian "perbacco!" or "accipicchia" (golly or geez).

What does Countach mean?

One of his most frequent exclamations was 'countach', which literally means plague, contagion, and is actually used more to express amazement or even admiration, like 'goodness'.

Is Countach a bad word?

1. The name "Countach" actually translates to a swear word. This has to be one of the best side-steppings of censorship that any company ever got away with. Countach is a swear word in the Piedmontese dialect, and it's what the head of the Bertone design house exclaimed when he saw the car's design for the first time.