pederasto

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -asto
  • Hyphenation: pe‧de‧ras‧to

Noun

pederasto (accusative singular pederaston, plural pederastoj, accusative plural pederastojn)

  1. pederast
    Hypernym: pedofilo
  2. (offensive, derogatory) fag
    • 2004, Evgeny Tikhonov, soc.culture.esperanto:
      viro venas al psikiatro
      -- Doktoro mi estas gejo.
      -- Cxu vi estas aktoro?
      -- ne
      -- Cxu filmstelulo, famulo,....?
      -- ankaux ne
      -- Do vi ne estas gejo. Vi estas tute ordinara pederasto
      A man goes to a psychiatrist
      -- Doctor, I'm gay.
      -- Are you an actor?
      -- No.
      -- A film star, a famous person...?
      -- Also no.
      -- Then you're not gay. You're a completely ordinary faggot.
    • 2009, Nikolao Mihajlenko, soc.culture.esperanto:
      Ja mi ne estas pederasto. Kaj estas rekomendinde al chiu pederasto memori tion.
      I sure am no fag. And it would be best if every fag remembered that.
    • 2017, Eugenio da Sangiorgio, soc.culture.esperanto:
      Por iuj personoj, homoj kiuj ne sekvas ŝafe la amasojn estas pederastoj.
      To some people, people who don't follow the masses like sheep are faggots.
    Synonym: gejaĉo
  3. (archaic) homosexual
    Synonyms: samseksemulo, gejo
  4. (derogatory, offensive, right-wing usage) groomer