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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)
- 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.
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)
- 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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