Apeñado
Clueless, dense, or slow to understand something. It describes someone acting like a fool or lacking basic knowledge.
You are really apeñado when it comes to math.
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Tag: ignorante
Definitions tagged ignorante in the street dictionary.
EspañaZoquetazo
A heavy hit or punch delivered without any remorse to a person who is acting like an idiot or a fool.
I am really starting to feel like giving you a zoquetazo, stop messing around.
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PanamáBrutongo
A person who is incredibly ignorant or dense.
A: 'How cool that we are going to Shanghai, I have always wanted to see Egypt.' B: 'Ana, who did you get so brutonga from? Because my parents and I are doing just fine.'
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TOROMBOLO
A scatterbrained person who lacks the ambition to study or better themselves, also used for someone who is a dimwit, a fool, or useless (the term is the Spanish name for the Archie Comics character Jughead).
Juan is such a TOROMBOLO. He does not like math.
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Costa Ricaagentado
Someone who acts stuck-up or pretentious, believing they are superior to others when they are actually full of themselves. (Used for people who put on airs or try to act high-class.)
Fulana is so agentada, she brags at school about living in a two-story house when she actually lives in a house with a zinc roof (typically associated with low-income housing).
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República Dominicanamosquisidi
A naive person who is innocent of their own actions. It refers to someone who does something without any malice or double meaning, usually because they lack experience or are just naturally pure, even if others interpret the act as being wrong.
A child is a mosquisidi because their innocence leads them to act without bad intentions, while adults might see those same gestures as inappropriate.
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Boliviacorroncho
A person who is clueless about a particular topic or lacks experience in certain situations. It is often used to describe someone from a rural town who acts unsophisticated or is unfamiliar with city life.
That guy is being corroncho just because he rode in a taxi.
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ColombiaPitero
A derogatory term used for someone with a low level of education or a lack of basic schooling. (In Mexico, it suggests the person is uncultured or ignorant).
That pitero does not even know how to speak properly.
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MéxicoTrucutu
A dummy, an idiot, or an extremely clumsy person (Derived from the Spanish name for the comic strip character Alley Oop, a caveman known for being strong but dim-witted).
That is why this thing is not working, because the mechanic is a trucutú.
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Meketrefe
A moron or an idiot. It is used to describe someone who is acting foolishly or lacks common sense.
Don't be a meketrefe.
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MAICERO
A person who is clueless or ignorant about a specific topic or situation. It literally means corn-grower and originally referred to peasants who farmed corn, but it evolved into a slang term for an unsophisticated hick or rube. (In Costa Rica, it is used to describe someone who lacks knowledge or seems backward).
That guy is such a MAICERO, he knows nothing. / Juan, do not be a MAICERO, dude! Is that really how it is?
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zangana
A foolish person who lacks initiative and allows themselves to be controlled or pushed around by others.
a zangana is a person who goes along with everything people say and does not speak up, even when they know what is actually right.
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Puerto Ricoñanga
A scrawny or weak person who lacks physical strength.
Girls who do not eat get all ñangas.
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