I always thought pendejo was similar to dickhead. I first remember hearing it in GTA San Andreas and I think they had a translation in the subtitles. I think. It’s been a minute.
I feel similarly. For someone being a dickhead, they’re being rude because they don’t care about you.
For an asshole, they’re being rude because they want to be mean.
I also first heard it in San Andreas. The way I remember it, one of the Latino gangsters calls you or big smoke a pendejo and I think the guy responds with “who are you calling a dickhead?!” Or something.
So it gets translated, but indirectly, which I think is cool.
“Fuck you, MAGA assholes*. No more orange 2024.”
*pendejo, as a slang word, is not directly translatable but the equivalent of ‘asshole.’
I always thought pendejo was similar to dickhead. I first remember hearing it in GTA San Andreas and I think they had a translation in the subtitles. I think. It’s been a minute.
Is there a functional distinction between “asshole” and “dickhead” that I’ve never been familiar with despite being a native English speaker?
Thinking about it, I feel that a dickhead does dickhead things more randomly, but an asshole does asshole things for a reason, on purpose.
Like a dickhead may fuck things up for everyone, whereas asshole fucks up things for other people.
Just my thoughts.
I feel similarly. For someone being a dickhead, they’re being rude because they don’t care about you.
For an asshole, they’re being rude because they want to be mean.
https://youtu.be/lVmmYMwFj1I
Assholes are shitty people, and dicks fuck other people.
But sometimes, dicks fuck assholes too! (insert dick/asshole/removed monologue from Team America)
I also first heard it in San Andreas. The way I remember it, one of the Latino gangsters calls you or big smoke a pendejo and I think the guy responds with “who are you calling a dickhead?!” Or something.
So it gets translated, but indirectly, which I think is cool.
The guy calls CJ a pendejo and CJ’s sister is the one who says “who are you calling a dickhead?!”
Oh, it’s starting to come back to me now. You’re right, thanks. Been a while.
It’s generally translated as “asshole,” most commonly in a phrase like “¡chinga tu madre, pinche pendejo!” meaning “fuck you, asshole!”
Yeah, it’s “dickhead/dumbass/asshole” but not as offensive.
When my Colombian wife uses it, she just means “stupid”.
Stupid asshole lol
I read that first as “NARNJA” and… yes, I agreed.