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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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This word is part of lesson 67.