# Redux: more slang terms' equivalent in Spanish **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 29, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redux-more-slang-terms-equivalent-in-spanish/747513 "2016-02-29T16:15:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redux-more-slang-terms-equivalent-in-spanish/747513/21 "2016-03-02T00:23:45Z")
In Mexico, menso, tarugo, baboso are some examples not yet mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redux-more-slang-terms-equivalent-in-spanish/747513/22 "2016-03-02T05:21:19Z")
_Bobo_ would have been a problem for old-time pitcher Louis Norman Newsom if he ever pitched in Mexico. And members of Mensa would not appreciate the association made by Spanish speakers in Mexico of their organization’s name–which actually comes from the Latin word _mesa,_ meaning “table.” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redux-more-slang-terms-equivalent-in-spanish/747513/23 "2016-03-02T10:57:05Z")
Burro. > [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > Tarado > “Pendejo” means different things in different countries. Here in Perú is closer to “asshole”. Pendejo means lacking a backbone for Dominicans. > [@dougie\_monty](#): > > _Bobo_ > And members of Mensa would not appreciate the association made by Spanish speakers in Mexico of their organization’s name–which actually comes from the Latin word _mesa,_ meaning “table.” ☹ Mensa is a female idiot in Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redux-more-slang-terms-equivalent-in-spanish/747513/24 "2016-03-02T11:10:08Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I almost brought up _idiota_, and was going to ask if it wasn’t as common as I think, since I mostly hear it in English speaking contexts. In other words, it was just used because it’s a very obvious congnate. Yeah well, it’s Greek (“someone who being allowed to vote can’t be arsed to”)… IME it’s a lot more common in Spain than in Latin America but so’s _imbécil_ (which is Latin, “someone who is not considered capable of making his own legal decisions”). ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redux-more-slang-terms-equivalent-in-spanish/747513/25 "2016-03-02T15:32:17Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Burro. > > Pendejo means lacking a backbone for Dominicans. > > Mensa is a female idiot in Mexico. That’s what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redux-more-slang-terms-equivalent-in-spanish/747513/26 "2016-03-02T20:21:20Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Mensa is a female idiot in Mexico. This keeps the universe in balance, since in Mexico a _bimbo_ is just a piece of white bread. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redux-more-slang-terms-equivalent-in-spanish/747513.md?page=1)