Expressions with “pedo”

There are many and astonishing expressions with “pedo”, a word that used in some contexts is considered a bad word in Spanish.

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As you maybe know the Word “pedo” means “fart”, but this word is used in many expressions to mean very different things. Here some of the most often used in Argentina:

“al pedo”: uselessly, pointlessly, needlessly

Ejemplo: Hoy Pedro fue caminando al centro para cambiar una remera. El negocio estaba cerrado. Volvió enojado y dijo: ‘Me hicieron ir al pedo’.

“a los pedos”: very quickly

Ejemplo: el otro día el taxista manejaba a los pedos.

“estar al pedo”: being without doing anything

Ejemplo: Ayer en mi trabajo no hice nada. Estuve todo el día al pedo.

“estar en pedo” / “ponerse en pedo”: getting drank

Ejemplo: En la fiesta Mariano se puso en pedo.

“ni en pedo”: no at all

Ejemplo: no lo hago ni en pedo.

“cagar a pedos”. Scolding

Ejemplo: Mi mamá se se enojó con mi hermana y la cagó a pedos.

“de pedo”: by coincidence

Ejemplo: el jugador hizo el gol de pedo

All thexe expressions with “pedo” are widely used in Argentina ´s everyday language.


Expressions with pedo in other countries:

“Qué pedo”: Mexican slang expression that is commonly used to greet (often together with güey, which is a derivation from buey) or to question

-Greeting: – “Que pedo güey!” ( “What’s up, dude.”)

-Questioning: “Que pedo es ese?” ( “What do you have there?” “What is that?”)

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