Polyglot Dictionary

pendejo

/penˈdexo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Slang Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Negative

Forms

plural
pendejos

Meaning

  1. fool, jerk (vulgar, Latin America)

    • No le hagas caso a ese pendejo.

      Don't pay attention to that jerk.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

A common insult across Latin America (especially Mexico) for a stupid or cowardly person; in some countries it is milder, in others quite offensive. In Spain the word means "pubic hair" and would be a strange insult. Avoid it. Milder alternatives: «tonto», «bobo», «necio».

nounvulgar

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