Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pandejo

/pænˈdeɪhoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pan-de-jo
IPA: /pænˈdeɪhoʊ/

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who is foolishly reckless around COVID-19.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"It’ll happen until we, like these three people bravely did during their reckonings with the dreaded disease, begin to truly call out pandejo behavior. […] He does think we need to call out pandejos, but in a way that makes them “realize that we [Latinos] can take care of each other and pull through together anything, because we’ve done it before.”"
"This is infamously "pandejo" central — the home of pandemic pendejos, or blockheads."
"As I shared then, he once was the king of pandejos — the Mexican Spanish term for covidiots."

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Spanish pandejo (see below), or formed in English from pandemic and Spanish pendejo (“contemptible person”). Attested from 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: pendejo

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

pandejos (plural)

Synonyms

covidiot

Questions

How do you pronounce pandejo?: The recorded pronunciation is /pænˈdeɪhoʊ/.
What does pandejo mean?: One who is foolishly reckless around COVID-19.
Where does pandejo come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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