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[–] FlyingSquid 61 points 4 months ago (3 children)

"Fuck you, MAGA assholes*. No more orange 2024."

*pendejo, as a slang word, is not directly translatable but the equivalent of 'asshole.'

[–] Pirky 12 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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.

[–] FlyingSquid 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Is there a functional distinction between "asshole" and "dickhead" that I've never been familiar with despite being a native English speaker?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Pirky 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Assholes are shitty people, and dicks fuck other people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

But sometimes, dicks fuck assholes too! (insert dick/asshole/pussy monologue from Team America)

[–] nyctre 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The guy calls CJ a pendejo and CJ's sister is the one who says "who are you calling a dickhead?!"

[–] nyctre 4 points 4 months ago

Oh, it's starting to come back to me now. You're right, thanks. Been a while.

[–] lemonmelon 5 points 4 months ago

It's generally translated as "asshole," most commonly in a phrase like "¡chinga tu madre, pinche pendejo!" meaning "fuck you, asshole!"

[–] Lemminary 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah, it's "dickhead/dumbass/asshole" but not as offensive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

When my Colombian wife uses it, she just means "stupid".

[–] GladiusB 2 points 4 months ago

Stupid asshole lol

[–] veganpizza69 3 points 4 months ago

orange

I read that first as "NARNJA" and... yes, I agreed.