What does pirobo mean? Colombian Spanish?

Question

Hi,

What does the work pirobo mean please? It doesn't translate and it was sent by a friend in Colombia!

Thanks.

pirobo no es nada amigable es una palabra que se usa para ofender - claivato, Aug 23, 2009

The name of the country is "Colombia" in both English and Spanish...there is no "u". - mountaingirl123, Jul 6, 2010

Answer 1

pirobo

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ahh yup.... that must be it... we all thought they were trying to say piropo .. lol... yeah thats not nice. - NikkiLR, Aug 23, 2009

Answer 2

This is super old, but I can add a little insight.

What does the work pirobo mean please? It doesn't translate and it was sent by a friend in Colombia!

There is no one definition of the word pirobo. However, pirobo has at least 3 basic uses:

1. As an insult, and it's very strong. Since we're not allowed to make accurate translations of bad words, just think of the English swear words you'd use to tell someone they're not a nice person and there you have it.

2. To refer to a gay person

3. To refer to someone as a friend, similar to amigo or parcero. Parcero, or parce, is also a very Colombian term. If you look at this video:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiQGBlzXUrI

   At the 2:00 minute mark a young man describes the use of pirobo to address friends. The rest of the video basically illustrates how pirobo means something different to everyone.

Mystery solved, almost 7 years later.

Answer 3

I'm Colombian, from Cali. (it's Colombia NOT Columbia by the way) Pirobo is Colombian slang (and a bad word) and even though a lot of people use it and don't know what it means, Pirobo means MALE gay (like saying faggot) it refers specially to the "receiving" partner in the sexual act.

Piropo is something else... completely different.. Piropo is a compliment (or line, sometimes poetic or funny). Pirobo is a bad word and it's almost always used before saying "hijueputa" which means son of a ****. Colombians usually say "Pirobo Hijueputa" (literaly translated to faggot sonofa****) Similar to saying "****ing faggot" in English.

Is this the French Forum? - 00813f2a, Jul 6, 2010

Spanish actually :P - A1ice, Jul 31, 2010

By the way this is great! I wanted to know what "pirobo" means in the sentence - Se pirobo y triunfaras" does "pirobo" still mean something bad in this sentence in Colombia? - A1ice, Jul 31, 2010

Answer 4

Pirobo is the passive (i.e., receptive) partner in a homosexual relationship. "Se pirobo y triunfaras" means that if you are willing to let other men to do certain things to you, you will succeed. Ricky Martin, Juan Gabriel, and Rafael are all examples of this.

Answer 5

Inappropriate answer.

Hello Pepe. This sort of language is not allowed in this Forum. Please keep it clean for future posts. Thank you. - Gekkosan, Nov 10, 2011

Answer 6

By the way this is great! I wanted to know what "pirobo" means in the sentence - Se pirobo y triunfaras" does "pirobo" still mean something bad in this sentence in Colombia?

Well, "Pirobo" is a bad word, basically means "faggot", BUT, in certain cases, "pirobo" refers only to a evil person. In "Sé pirobo y triunfarás", basically it says "Be an evil person and you`ll suceed"

Answer 7

I have heard of Piropo.... in the context i have heard it.... it was a "pick-up line" when someone was flirting with a lady.

actually I just learned that word like 10 minute ago while listening to a spanish lesson.

The man using the word was from Argentina.

http://www.piroposcortos.com/piropo/category/piropos-para-ligar/

si vivieras en el cielo, moriría para verte - NikkiLR, Aug 23, 2009

Answer 8

I am sure latina is right, piropo is what you are looking for

Answer 9

Well I've never heard of Pirobo, are you sure it was Piropo?