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TlalocW

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8. I've always treated it as, "asshole"

Reply to 47of74 (Original post)

Tue Sep 26, 2017, 10:30 AM

Sep 2017

I'm sure depending on context, it would have milder meanings. You can't always have a one-to-one translation of every word in one language to another, and if you're unsure if you have the fluency - cultural as well as linguistic, it's best to treat it as if it only means its worst definition. Use estupido, tonto, bobo, etc.

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Questions about the word pendejo [View all] 47of74 Sep 2017 OP

Son of a bitch is acceptable . President uses it in public lunasun Sep 2017 #1

good point 47of74 Sep 2017 #2

I've always heard it defined by my Latino friends as fool TexasProgresive Sep 2017 #3

Yup, same down here in Miami mitch96 Sep 2017 #7

Trey Martinez Fischer used this word for the GOP at the Texas Democratic Convention a while back Gothmog Sep 2017 #4

I thought it meant public hair and is like calling someone a son of a bitch or a fucker. OregonBlue Sep 2017 #6

It means "stupid", a "fool" nt COLGATE4 Sep 2017 #5

I've always treated it as, "asshole" TlalocW Sep 2017 #8

For tRump I'd go with "pendejasso" shanny Sep 2017 #9

One problem with Spanish is that it is highly dialectical. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #10

Yes, HIGHLY dialectical. Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2018 #11