pendejo
Meanings
Noun
1. a single pubic hair (Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, masculine only, countable)
2. stupid person, idiot (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, via Mexican or Internet influence all of Latin America, vulgar, derogatory, offensive)
3. mean person, jerk (at least El Salvador, colloquial, vulgar)
4. cunning/sly person (Peru, Bolivia, vulgar)
5. coward (Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, colloquial)
6. boy (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia, colloquial)
7. mistletoe (Andalusia, colloquial)
8. type of pumpkin (Andalusia, colloquial)
Examples12
Paco reprobó el examen porque es un pinche pendejo.
Paco failed the test because he's a fucking dumbass.
Cuando era pendejo íbamos a Mar de Plata todos los veranos.
When I was a boy we went to Mar de Plata every summer.
No sabía que tú eras tan pendejo.
I didn't know you were such a wanker.
Más vale sola que con un pendejo al lado.
It's better to be alone than with some dumbass by your side.
¡Qué pendejo!
What a jerk!
¡Cállate, pendejo!
Shut up, dumbass!