Each country has its own national insult. In Mexico he could be an asshole, in Chile an asshole, in Argentina an asshole and in Spain an asshole. These are words that are very commonly used in colloquial language. In the case of asshole, it is used to express that someone has low intelligence or behaves in a stupid way.
Two synonyms with an identical meaning are asshole and cocksucker. While all three insults express the same idea, asshole is not as offensive as asshole, and someone becomes a cocksucker when their stupid behavior is very obvious.
The exact origin of this adjective is not known with certainty.
It is said that it comes from the word gilí, which in turn comes from jilí, a word from the Caló language. Caló is the Spanish version of Romani, the language of the gypsy ethnic group. For a Spanish gypsy, a jilí is a very innocent and naive person and, in a way, stupid. If we put gili or jilí together with polla (which means penis) a new word is created, asshole. In short, this insult is indicating that someone has little intelligence because he thinks with his penis.
This way of disqualifying a person is not exclusive to Spanish speakers, since in Catalan an adjective with the same meaning is used (capdefava) and those who speak English use the word dickhead.
According to another version, it comes from the traditional Madrid jargon
Some chronicles say that in the 17th century in Madrid a high official named Baltasar Gil had the habit of going to parties with the intention of marrying off his two daughters.
Despite the attempts, the official did not achieve his goal, since his daughters were not very physically attractive and did not have too much light. In this context, some began to refer to Don Gil and his pollas (a way of mentioning his two daughters). In this way, the gossip of the town created a new word: asshole.
According to a third version, it is the union of an Arabic word and a Spanish one. Gili comes from the Arabic voice yihil or gihil (which means fool or fool) and, on the other hand, from dick.
The male member and the Spanish tacos
As already mentioned, in Spain the word polla is used to refer to the penis. It is a word that is very present in colloquial speech. If someone feels bothered or bothered by another person, they could say “don’t touch my dick”.
On the other hand, a woman who arouses a man’s sexual desire and has no intention of having sex with him is considered a “cock-warmer” (a slightly less offensive version would be “cock-warmer”).
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