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apendejar.

to frighten (someone)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/apendeˈxaɾ/[a.pẽn̪.d̪eˈxaɾ]
  1. to frighten (someone)

    Cuba · Dominican-Republic · colloquial · transitive · vulgar
  2. to cower

    Cuba · Dominican-Republic · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Puerto-Rico · US · Venezuela · colloquial · intransitive · pronominal · vulgar
  3. to become stupid, dumb

    Colombia · Dominican-Republic · El-Salvador · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Puerto-Rico · colloquial · intransitive · pronominal · vulgar
  4. to become discouraged

    Colombia · Panama · colloquial · intransitive · pronominal · vulgar
  5. to discourage (someone)

    Colombia · colloquial · transitive · vulgar
Where this word comes from

From a- + pendejo + -ar.

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