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pendejo

Pronunciation: /penˈdexo/

“pendejo” is a Spanish word. Its 12 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a single pubic hair
  2. stupid person, idiot
  3. mean person, jerk
  4. cunning/sly person
  5. coward
  6. boy
  7. mistletoe
  8. type of pumpkin

adjective

  1. stupid
  2. mean (bad to someone else)
  3. cunning, sly
  4. cowardly

In Spanish

  1. Parte inferior del abdomen, justo por encima de los genitales y sobre el hueso coxal, que tras la pubertad desarrolla vello.
  2. Por extensión, cada uno de los vellos que crece en el pendejo, el perineo y la ingle de los humanos adultos.
  3. Dicho de una persona, de poca edad o madurez.
  4. Falto de inteligencia, entendimiento o astucia.
  5. Cobarde y pusilánime.
  6. De ingenio astuto e intención aviesa, hábil para la expresión y el engaño.

Etymology

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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