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pendeja

English translation: no walkover/pushover

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Spanish term or phrase:pendeja
English translation:no walkover/pushover
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy

01:33 Aug 7, 2012
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Slang / Dominican-Latino slang
Spanish term or phrase: pendeja
Junot Diaz novel. "She might be nobody’s pendeja but she’s
also a forgiving soul"
Jacksonvon
Local time: 13:46
no walkover/pushover
Explanation:
A couple of alternatives:

"She's no walkover / pushover"


meet the tmb event management team - Vanessa Pickford
www.tmb-events.com/team.asp?c=vanessaCached - Similar
Vanessa has the attractive trait of seeing the best in people but **she's no walkover***. Oh, and beware – she judges a man by his slippers and can be quite noisy.
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**She's no walkover*** and would certainly have taken him to task over it. I hope her and her family do something about it when she comes out ...

Hill Flicks: Bronx Princess | Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
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Rocky Otoo is the Bronx-bred teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents, and ***she's no pushover***. She is a sassy high-achiever bound for college. With freedom in ...

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Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 07:46
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3nobody's fool; nobody's stupid person; a person not easily fooled; hard to fool; hard to take advant
TechLawDC
4 +1nobody's asshole / shmuck
Rafael Molina Pulgar
5She might not take shit from anybody...
Jack Ward
4no walkover/pushover
Lisa McCarthy
4suffer fools (gladly/lightly/easily)
James A. Walsh


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
nobody's pendeja
nobody's fool; nobody's stupid person; a person not easily fooled; hard to fool; hard to take advant


Explanation:
nobody's fool; nobody's stupid person; a person not easily fooled; hard to fool; hard to take advantage of
(Choice to be made with more context.)
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What does pendeja/pendejo mean in spanish
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What does pendeja mean in spanish? ... if someone is being rude to you , you say yo no soy pendeja. it means im not stupid. ... Nincompoop, fool, idiot, stupid.

TechLawDC
United States
Local time: 01:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Hollywood: I think "nobody's fool" is a good way to go
13 mins
agree  Lisa McCarthy: I like 'nobody's fool' too
3 hrs
agree  Marcelo González: nobody's fool
8 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
nobody's asshole / shmuck


Explanation:
Pienso que aquí el sentido es fuerte.

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 23:46
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Rona
6 hrs
  -> Gracias, anarona.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
no walkover/pushover


Explanation:
A couple of alternatives:

"She's no walkover / pushover"


meet the tmb event management team - Vanessa Pickford
www.tmb-events.com/team.asp?c=vanessaCached - Similar
Vanessa has the attractive trait of seeing the best in people but **she's no walkover***. Oh, and beware – she judges a man by his slippers and can be quite noisy.
#
Is Deana really fine with it? - Big Brother - Digital Spy Forums
forums.digitalspy.co.uk › Forums › TV › Big BrotherCached
**She's no walkover*** and would certainly have taken him to task over it. I hope her and her family do something about it when she comes out ...

Hill Flicks: Bronx Princess | Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
hillcenterdc.org/home/programs/327Cached
Rocky Otoo is the Bronx-bred teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents, and ***she's no pushover***. She is a sassy high-achiever bound for college. With freedom in ...



Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 07:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pendeja
suffer fools (gladly/lightly/easily)


Explanation:
This expression comes to mind here. There are variations of it, of which I am most familiar with "suffer fools lightly", but I think "suffer fools" on its own may do the trick.

Example sentence(s):
  • She may not suffer fools (gladly/lightly/easily), but she’s also a forgiving soul.

    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/suffer+fools+gladly
James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 07:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
She might not take shit from anybody...


Explanation:
I would avoid trying to translate this so literally, and would instead suggest opting for something along the lines of:

"She might not take shit from anybody but she's also a forgiving soul".

Regards

Jack

Jack Ward
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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