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pendejo.

a single pubic hair

7 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/penˈdexo/[pẽn̪ˈd̪e.xo]
  1. a single pubic hair

    Argentina · Bolivia · Chile · Paraguay · Uruguay · countable · masculine
  2. stupid person, idiot

    Colombia · Ecuador · El-Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Venezuela · derogatory · masculine · offensive · vulgar
    Paco reprobó el examen porque es un pinche pendejo.
  3. mean person, jerk

    colloquial · masculine · vulgar
  4. cunning/sly person

    Bolivia · Peru · masculine · vulgar
  5. coward

    Costa-Rica · Cuba · Dominican-Republic · Puerto-Rico · colloquial · masculine
  6. boy

    Argentina · Bolivia · Chile · Paraguay · Uruguay · colloquial · masculine
    Cuando era pendejo íbamos a Mar de Plata todos los veranos.
  7. mistletoe

    Andalusia · colloquial · masculine
  8. type of pumpkin

    Andalusia · colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pectinī̆culum, diminutive of Latin pecten (“pubic hair; comb”). The unexpected /nd/ may be due to the influence of pender (“hang down, dangle”). Compare Portuguese pentelho.

adj/penˈdexo/[pẽn̪ˈd̪e.xo]
  1. stupid

    Colombia · Ecuador · El-Salvador · Guatemala · Honduras · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama · Venezuela
  2. mean (bad to someone else)

  3. cunning, sly

    Bolivia · Peru
  4. cowardly

    Costa-Rica · Cuba · Dominican-Republic · Puerto-Rico
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pectinī̆culum, diminutive of Latin pecten (“pubic hair; comb”). The unexpected /nd/ may be due to the influence of pender (“hang down, dangle”). Compare Portuguese pentelho.

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