pendejear
Spanish
Etymology
From pendejo (“moron, dumb person”) + -ear.
Verb
pendejear (first-person singular present pendejeo, first-person singular preterite pendejeé, past participle pendejeado)
- (derogatory, slang, vulgar, Latin America) to fool around; to procrastinate; to fritter aimlessly or distractedly
- ¡Deja de pendejear!
- Stop fucking around!
- 2006, César Ruiz, Desenterrando la Luna[1], page 53:
- Pendejeado por las indecisiones amanece colgado en la viga de la nostalgia orinando calamidades, yéndose en diarrea.
- Tricked by his indecision, he awoke hanging in a beam of nostalgia, urinating calamity and being diarrhea.
Conjugation
Conjugation of pendejear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of pendejear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive pendejear | dative | pendejearme | pendejearte | pendejearle, pendejearse | pendejearnos | pendejearos | pendejearles, pendejearse |
| accusative | pendejearme | pendejearte | pendejearlo, pendejearla, pendejearse | pendejearnos | pendejearos | pendejearlos, pendejearlas, pendejearse | |
| with gerund pendejeando | dative | pendejeándome | pendejeándote | pendejeándole, pendejeándose | pendejeándonos | pendejeándoos | pendejeándoles, pendejeándose |
| accusative | pendejeándome | pendejeándote | pendejeándolo, pendejeándola, pendejeándose | pendejeándonos | pendejeándoos | pendejeándolos, pendejeándolas, pendejeándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative pendejea | dative | pendejéame | pendejéate | pendejéale | pendejéanos | not used | pendejéales |
| accusative | pendejéame | pendejéate | pendejéalo, pendejéala | pendejéanos | not used | pendejéalos, pendejéalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative pendejeá | dative | pendejeame | pendejeate | pendejeale | pendejeanos | not used | pendejeales |
| accusative | pendejeame | pendejeate | pendejealo, pendejeala | pendejeanos | not used | pendejealos, pendejealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative pendejee | dative | pendejéeme | not used | pendejéele, pendejéese | pendejéenos | not used | pendejéeles |
| accusative | pendejéeme | not used | pendejéelo, pendejéela, pendejéese | pendejéenos | not used | pendejéelos, pendejéelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative pendejeemos | dative | not used | pendejeémoste | pendejeémosle | pendejeémonos | pendejeémoos | pendejeémosles |
| accusative | not used | pendejeémoste | pendejeémoslo, pendejeémosla | pendejeémonos | pendejeémoos | pendejeémoslos, pendejeémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative pendejead | dative | pendejeadme | not used | pendejeadle | pendejeadnos | pendejeaos | pendejeadles |
| accusative | pendejeadme | not used | pendejeadlo, pendejeadla | pendejeadnos | pendejeaos | pendejeadlos, pendejeadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative pendejeen | dative | pendejéenme | not used | pendejéenle | pendejéennos | not used | pendejéenles, pendejéense |
| accusative | pendejéenme | not used | pendejéenlo, pendejéenla | pendejéennos | not used | pendejéenlos, pendejéenlas, pendejéense | |
Related terms
- pendejo m
Further reading
- “pendejear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024