pendejo
🇵🇪 Spanish slang from Peru
What does “pendejo” mean?
sly, cunning (in Peru)
Example
“Ese pata es bien pendejo, siempre se sale con la suya.”
That guy's really sly, he always gets his way.
Good to know
In Peru it is sly; in Mexico and the Caribbean it is "idiot".
Who you can say it to
Only with close friends
🙄 Teasing
The textbook way to say it: astuto
More from Peru
- pitucoposh, snobby
- picónsore loser, easily offended
- conchudoshameless, cheeky
- faltosodisrespectful, rude
- pavonaive, gullible
- ratathief; a rat
- codostingy (tight-elbowed)
- patabuddy, mate
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