pendenciero

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Spanish

Etymology

From pendencia +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /pendenˈθjeɾo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pendenˈsjeɾo/
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: pen‧den‧cie‧ro

Adjective

pendenciero (feminine pendenciera, masculine plural pendencieros, feminine plural pendencieras)

  1. quarrelsome (looking for a fight)
    Synonyms: bullanguero, camorrista
    • 1883, Benito Pérez Galdós, El doctor Centeno:
      Era agresivo, pendenciero; gustaba de llevar la contraria, y si, por ejemplo, se hacía en la mesa política progresista, que era lo más común, salía él, como un rehilete, defendiendo el espadón de Narváez.
      He was aggressive and quarrelsome; he liked challenging what people told him and if progressive politics was mentioned during mass, which normally was the case, he shot out like an arrow, defending Narváez's espadon.
    • 1913, Evaristo Carriego, El guapo:
      Porque en sus impulsos de alma pendenciera desprecia el peligro sereno y bizarro
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2010, Carlos Ortiz Rea, Memorias Universales:
      La tarde cae, el sol se oculta, junto con tu voz lejana
      Hostil y pendenciera tu voz; tierna y arrogante
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2019 April 3, Sergio C. Fanjul, “Oda al perroflauta”, in El País:
      Con el tiempo se ha llegado a identificar el término perroflauta con los que fueron partidarios del 15M, acampados en la Puerta del Sol, o lo son del morado podemita, pero no hay color: unos son universitarios, obreros o clase media (sea eso lo que sea); el perroflauta, en cambio, va más allá, es extraparlamentario y ultravioleta, errabundo y pendenciero, []
      Over time, the term "perroflauta" has been linked to supporters of the 15-M Movement camped in the Puerta del Sol, or to Podemos, but that isn't accurate: some are university students, workers or members of the middle class (whatever that is); the "perroflauta", in contrast, goes even further than that, being extraparliamentary and ultraviolet , nomadic, quarrelsome

Derived terms

Noun

pendenciero m (plural pendencieros, feminine pendenciera, feminine plural pendencieras)

  1. troublemaker, quarreler, bully
    Synonyms: peleador, camorrista
    • 2011, Juan Orellana Gutierrez de Terán, Como en un Espejo:
      El otro, Jannik, es un pendenciero que ha pasado por la cárcel y que es como la oveja negra de la familia.
      The other, Jannik, is a troublemaker who's been in prison and is a kind of black sheep of the family.

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