• Pirky@lemmy.world
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    3 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.

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      3 months ago

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

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        3 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.

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          3 months ago

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

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      3 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.

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        3 months ago

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

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      3 months ago

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