menso

Meaning

1. (Central-America, Mexico, offensive) foolish, dull
2. (Central-America, Mexico, offensive) distracted, absent-minded
3. (Mexico, offensive) ignorant
4. (Mexico, offensive) inexpert
5. (Mexico, offensive) timid, shy
6. (Mexico, offensive) ingenuous, naive

Concepts

stupid

fucktard

asinine

Boeotian

brainless

cockamamie

dense

dumb

fatuous

hen-witted

inane

insensate

meshuga

rattlebrained

sottish

unwise

airheaded

cockamamy

dull-minded

goony

nutty as a fruitcake

insipient

sawney

dunderheaded

clottish

lamebrained

oxlike

duncelike

shit-for-brains

chowderheaded

boobish

twp

lunkish

wisdomless

twatty

addled

melon-headed

anserine

Synonyms

tonto

pendejo

cojudo

tarado

estúpido

retrasado mental

estúpida

poco inteligente

gilí

definición de bobo o tonto

palurdo

lela

pinche

bartolo

puños

tarugo

bobo

chonte

bruto

necio

zote

cabeza dura

pazguato

tonta

Hyphenated as

men‧so

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmenso/

Etymology

Arguably taken from Latin mēnsa (“table”); it is thought that medieval monks used the names of inanimate objects in disparaging reference to illiterate or non‐discerning people, partially out of a desire to not use an explicitly pejorative insult as would be forbidden by their canons.