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by dimatura 1421 days ago
You know this SUV, the Pajero? IIRC they changed its name for the chilean market, because there "pajero" is well established slang that translates roughly to "wanker", but with extra connotations of laziness and weakness.
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I presume pajero is slang because “hacer la paja” or “hacer paja” is slang for masterbate. The FCA example is “fica” in Italian? Similar to “figa” in Spanish?

As a foreigner in Spain I really enjoyed learning slang and then speaking inappropriate double entendres[1] - acting innocently as though I had made an honest mistake - entertaining whoever I was talking to.

Or honest mistakes too: I remember being laughed at for saying I was being followed around by a bunch of little penises when I meant to say little chickens.

[1] https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/double_entendre “The phrase has not been used in French for centuries and would be ungrammatical in modern French”

Ha, yes, that's the etymology for pajero, hence the similarity to "wanker" :D