el stupido
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9.9
- noun
- /ɛl stjuːˈpiːdoʊ/
- Slang
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el estúpido
- She texted the wrong person and joked, "Well done, el stupido strikes again!"
Examples
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Don't be such an el stupido!
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After tripping over his own shoelaces, he laughed and called himself el stupido.
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He forgot where he parked his car again and muttered, "Nice going, el stupido."
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He made an el stupido mistake during the presentation.
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Everyone makes mistakes, but that was a truly el stupido move.
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After forgetting his keys again, he couldn't help but call himself el stupido.
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She laughed and said, "I must be el stupido for not seeing that coming!"
Synonyms
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9.9
A rude Spanish word for a foolish person used to insult someone
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9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
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7.5
A person who is not very smart and often makes silly mistakes
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9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
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8.7
A person who is not very smart
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9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
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A rude word for a person who is very stupid
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A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
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A playful insult for a person who acts silly
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A person who is silly and not serious
A joking insult for someone who feels very foolish
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A person who acts foolishly or forgets things
A word for a foolish person that people say as an insult
Surface Forms
Morphology
el + stupido
The phrase is a straightforward determiner + adjective construction ('el' = the/a; 'stupido' ≈ stupid), so the meaning 'a foolish person' is directly recoverable from the parts. Although it’s a non-standard, language-mixed item, the determiner+adjective pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the intended humorous/self-deprecating meaning.
Etymology
El stupido comes from a playful mix of languages: people add the Spanish article el before stupido, a word that looks like 'stupid'. Because it sounds like a funny title, people use el stupido to joke about someone who made a small mistake, so it means 'someone acting foolish'.