pendejo
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Spanish
[edit] Noun
pendejo (plural pendejos)
- (slang, pejorative) A stupid person; a dumbass; creep.
[edit] Usage notes
Typically only used in English by Spanish-speaking people.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
Latin pectiniculus
[edit] Noun
pendejo m. (plural pendejos)
[edit] Noun
pendejo m. (plural pendejos, feminine singular pendeja, feminine plural pendejas)
- (pejorative) stupid person, dumbass, creep.
- (Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay) young boy.
- (Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay) punk (an adolescent who presumes to be an adult).
- (Cuba) coward.
[edit] Related terms
[edit] See also
- boludo m.
- gilipollas m. and f.
- tonto
[edit] Usage notes
- Although in some contexts sonso, bobo, tonto, menso, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts have a different degree, having sonso the mildest connotation, increasing its intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive sense.
