'who knows spanish??

[kerryin2004]

I heard a overheard a conversation about Bush and I caught a word that sounded like pinche hota?? Anyone know what this is??

[DemBones DemBones]

1. Was it "pen-day-ho"? That means "asshole." nt

[kerryin2004]

4. No, I know that one

I thought pinochot, but it sounded more like pinchehota?

[jeff30997]

2. May be it's ...

Hijo de puta ? (Son of a whore). :)

[opiate69]

3. Loosely..

"stupid whore"

[kerryin2004]

6. No shit..pinchehota means stupid whore?? n/t

[AIJ Alom]

9. no dude. it doesn't

puta - whore
estupido - stupid

[AIJ Alom]

12. then again for women you would have to make it feminine so it would be

puta estupida ! Remember the adjective comes after the noun.

[AIJ Alom]

5. pinche means to puncture.

I need to know the context. Spanish is not my best language.

[AIJ Alom]

7. and in Bengali or related languages Hota means words.

There is no spanish hota.

[opiate69]

8. I used to have a few Mexicans on a crew I supervised..

I asked them what "pinche" meant, and the best they could come up with is "stupid/retarded".. definitely a slang Mexican word, not European Spanish.

[AIJ Alom]

11. that would make sense. After all Bush is from Texas.

[Philostopher]

10. Look up 'pinche' on this site:

http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Mexican_Spanish.1.html

Interesting -- that may explain it, though I don't know what the 'hota' (there isn't any mainstream Spanish word that matches it) would mean.

[Misunderestimator]

13. Probably jota and not hota

Seems to mean "fucking fag" from what I can gather

[AIJ Alom]

14. right. spanish j as in h !!!

so who was he calling that ?

[Misunderestimator]

15. Judging from the OP... Bush

[Philostopher]

17. From what I gather, running the phrase on Google,

by using my rusty, ancient Spanish reading comprehension skills (ain't seen a Spanish textbook since 1985), that seems to be the most common context of the phrase.

[Fuzzy LaRue]

18. If he said, "Pinche Hoto"...

then he did say "fucking fag." How Presidential.

[Nay]

16. Maybe "pinche puta," which means "fucking whore" but "jota"

means iota or jot. "Pinche" does indeed mean to prick or puncture officially, but as an adjective/slang it means fucking or screwing. Jota, if that was what was said, means an iota or a jot, meaning a small thing. So, as slang, the person may have been saying "that fucking nonentity" or "that fucking no-account."

Just a guess, though. I certainly don't hold myself out as an expert. I will say that any native Spanish speaker whom you did not know well would NOT tell you the real meaning of "pinche" because it would be impolite and embarrassing to them and to you.

[Fuzzy LaRue]

19. As a fluent Spanish speaker,

I must say that a lot of Spanish slang can not be translated literally. As in, this word means this and that word means that. What you do is translate the the idea or concept in the context it was used.

[Nay]

20. Certainly this is true. This was my point with the word "pinche." And that

was the point another poster made with the word "pendejo," which actually means "pubic hair" but is the English equivalent of "asshole" if you want to call someone an asshole or a jerk. You have to go to a slang dictionary to find the slang definition, or know a Spanish speaker who will give you the straight dope.

So, as a fluent speaker, what do you think the original poster heard and what did it mean?

[Fuzzy LaRue]

21. I think he heard...

"Pinche Hoto" and what it means is he is calling someone a fucking fag.