pentello

From Vulgar Latin *pectinī̆culum, diminutive of Latin pecten (“pubic hair, comb”). Compare Portuguese pentelho and Spanish pendejo.

pentello m (plural pentellos)

1. pubic hair

• peite, pente

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pentello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega