pendejo

Meaning

Noun

1. (dated, masculine, rare) pubic hair (a single hair growing in the pubic region)
2. (Latin-America, derogatory, masculine, vulgar) arsehole, asshole, stupid, idiot, dirtbag, scumbag (a contemptible person)
3. (Latin-America, derogatory, masculine) dumbass (stupid person)
4. (colloquial, masculine, vulgar) young boy
5. (Panama, colloquial, masculine, vulgar) young boy
6. (masculine) punk (an adolescent who presumes to be an adult)
7. (Caribbean, Costa-Rica, masculine) coward
8. (Peru, masculine, vulgar) perspicacious, perceptive, cunning, smart, clever, scoundrel

Adj

stupid, idiot, asshole

Concepts

asshole

motherfucker

dickhead

fuck

👉👌

wanker

jerk

twerp

dumbass

dick

moron

motherfucking

cockface

bastard

arsehole

fucktard

booby

stupid

cunt

turkey

sook

quakebuttock

douchebag

pube

ass face

butt face

bitch

cocksucker

coward

craven

fucker

git

idiot

jackass

masturbator

nerd

nurd

pimple

poltroon

pubic hair

sluggish

thickhead

block-head

onanist

Synonyms

tonto

gilipollas

huevón

estúpido

cojudo

cabrón

capullo

idiota

tarado

cobarde

niño

🧒

menso

bobo

cojonudo

cabeza de pene

astuto

cretino

culero

hideputa

😭

hijo de puta

maldito

mal parido

pajillero

puñetero

puto

retrasado mental

vello púbico

güevete

tontón

maricón

concha

chumino

pajero

rotocafé

trolazo

mandria

pucha

😺

chucha

blanco

torpe

bastardo

hijoputa

mal nacido

miedoso

😨

niño pequeño

rajado

tonta

chora

choro

🆒

blandengue

Translations

connard

Arschloch

μαλάκας

stronzo

Wichser

pentelho

connasse

lul

Idiot

testa di cazzo

klootzak

trou du cul

Scheißkerl

coglione

con

Hyphenated as

pen‧de‧jo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/penˈdexo/

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: pentelho

In summary

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.