What does «pendejo» mean in Spanish?
- Hair arising from the pubis and groin.
Examples of use in Spanish: "los pendejos del pubis".
- Fleshy leaf of certain plants such as suyate, magüey or henequen.
♦ Used in: Honduras - Mistletoe.
♦ Used in: Spain - Species of pumpkin.
♦ Used in: Spain - Young, especially immature; boy, adolescent, child.
♦ Used in: Argentina - Chile - Panama - Paraguay - Uruguay
Examples of use in Spanish: "no te hagás la pendeja que ya tenés 30 años".
- Derogatory insult; foolish, cowardly, pusillanimous, shameless, despicable.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Ecuador - Mexico - Uruguay - Venezuela
Examples of use in Spanish: "¡te has portado como un pendejo con tu familia!".
- Naive, easy to deceive, gullible, mentally underdeveloped.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Ecuador - Panama - Puerto Rico - Cunning, devious, crafty, crafty, scoundrel, rogue.
♦ Used in: Bolivia - Peru - Of little value, useless, unimportant. Applied to things or persons.
♦ Used in: Chile - Panama - Excessive, abundant.
♦ Used in: Dominican Republic - Drugged, drunk.
♦ Used in: Salvador - A person who leads a licentious and disorderly life; banner.
Examples of use in Spanish: "una pandilla de pendejos".
- (a lo/la pendejo/ja) Without thinking, in a foolish way, without foresight.
♦ Used in: Mexico - (a lo pendejo) Without any care, improvised, in a rough and ready manner.
♦ Used in: Honduras - (en la pendeja) Distracted.
♦ Used in: Mexico - (hacerse pendejo) Behaving in a disguised manner so as not to be implicated in something unpleasant.
Examples of use in Spanish: "tú lo has hecho, no te hagas pendejo".