• Pirky
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    125 months ago

    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.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      165 months ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        145 months ago

        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.

      • enkers
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        45 months ago

        Assholes are shitty people, and dicks fuck other people.

        • shuzuko
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          25 months ago

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

    • @nyctre
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      65 months ago

      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]
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        45 months ago

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

        • @nyctre
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          45 months ago

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

    • @lemonmelon
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      55 months ago

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

    • Lemminary
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      35 months ago

      Yeah, it’s “dickhead/dumbass/asshole” but not as offensive.