pendejo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pendejo.

Noun

pendejo (plural pendejos)

  1. (US, slang, pejorative) A stupid person.

Usage notes

  • Typically only used by Spanish-speaking people.

Spanish

Etymology

From a contracted form of Vulgar Latin *pectiniculus (“dirty person, rascal”), from Latin pecten (“pubis”). Compare Portuguese Portuguese pentelho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /penˈdexo/, [pẽn̪ˈd̪exo]

Noun

pendejo m (plural pendejos)

  1. A pubic hair

See also

Noun

pendejo m (plural pendejos, feminine pendeja, feminine plural pendejas)

  1. (pejorative, vulgar) arsehole, asshole, dirtbag, scumbag
  2. (pejorative) dumbass (stupid person).
  3. (chiefly Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay) young boy.
  4. (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay) punk (an adolescent who presumes to be an adult).
  5. (Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico) coward.
  6. (Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, US, Venezuela) dickhead (stupid person).
  7. (Bolivia, Peru) smart.

Usage notes

  • 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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