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pendejo
🇵🇷 Spanish slang from Puerto Rico
What does “pendejo” mean?
idiot (rude)
Example
“No seas pendejo, eso es un tumbe.”
Don't be an idiot, that's a rip-off.
Good to know
Rude in Puerto Rico; in parts of South America it means a kid.
Who you can say it to
Only with close friends
🙄 Teasing
The textbook way to say it: tonto
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- agarraostingy
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- comemierdasnob, stuck-up (very rude)
- bochincherogossip, someone who spreads rumours
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