el
masculine
/penˈdexo/
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Translation
idiot, jerk
Word origin
From Latin pectiniculus, a diminutive of pecten ('comb', also 'pubic region'). The original sense was 'pubic hair', later shifting through 'adolescent' to the current colloquial insult.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- pectiniculus
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralpendejos
Examples
.
Don't be an idiot and listen to what I am telling you.
chocó .
That jerk crashed into my car and drove off.
¡ !
What a fool I was to trust him!
.
He played dumb so he wouldn't pay the bill.
portarte .
Stop behaving like an idiot.
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