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, 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)
infinitive | pendejear | ||||||
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gerund | pendejeando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | pendejeado | pendejeada | |||||
plural | pendejeados | pendejeadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pendejeo | pendejeastú pendejeásvos | pendejea | pendejeamos | pendejeáis | pendejean | |
imperfect | pendejeaba | pendejeabas | pendejeaba | pendejeábamos | pendejeabais | pendejeaban | |
preterite | pendejeé | pendejeaste | pendejeó | pendejeamos | pendejeasteis | pendejearon | |
future | pendejearé | pendejearás | pendejeará | pendejearemos | pendejearéis | pendejearán | |
conditional | pendejearía | pendejearías | pendejearía | pendejearíamos | pendejearíais | pendejearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | pendejee | pendejeestú pendejeésvos2 | pendejee | pendejeemos | pendejeéis | pendejeen | |
imperfect (ra) | pendejeara | pendejearas | pendejeara | pendejeáramos | pendejearais | pendejearan | |
imperfect (se) | pendejease | pendejeases | pendejease | pendejeásemos | pendejeaseis | pendejeasen | |
future1 | pendejeare | pendejeares | pendejeare | pendejeáremos | pendejeareis | pendejearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | pendejeatú pendejeávos | pendejee | pendejeemos | pendejead | pendejeen | ||
negative | no pendejees | no pendejee | no pendejeemos | no pendejeéis | no pendejeen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of pendejear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014