pendejo
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Spanish pendejo.
Noun[edit]
pendejo (plural pendejos)
- (slang, pejorative) A stupid person; a dumbass; creep.
Usage notes[edit]
- Typically only used by Spanish-speaking people.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *pectiniculus, from Latin pecten (“pubis”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -exo
Noun[edit]
pendejo m (plural pendejos)
Noun[edit]
pendejo m (plural pendejos, feminine pendeja)
- (pejorative) dumbass, creep (stupid person).
- (Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay) young boy.
- (Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay) punk (an adolescent who presumes to be an adult.)
- (Cuba) coward.
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- boludo m
- gilipollas m, f
- tonto
- idiota
- estúpido
Usage notes[edit]
- Although in some contexts sonso, bobo, tonto, menso, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with sonso having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning.
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- English terms derived from Spanish
- English borrowed terms
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English slang
- English pejoratives
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish pejoratives
- Argentinian Spanish
- Chilean Spanish
- Mexican Spanish
- Uruguayan Spanish
- Cuban Spanish
