tonto

Etymology 1
From, of uncertain etymology. Originally in US use but now chiefly British. Cf. earlier, with which it is sometimes confused.

Noun

 * : someone who is foolish or stupid.

Adjective

 * 1) * 1982 Feb. 26, New York Times, A10:
 * He told the businessmen that the law that required the certification by the President was ‘tonto’.
 * 1) * 1985 Jan. 31, Listener, p. 34:
 * His two heroes are both ex-FO types and both terminally tonto about cricket.
 * 1) * 2021 Feb. 23,, comment at Horse Guards:
 * Whether you're based in Cyprus or you know we do longer tours in Kenya or Oman or are busy just making it to the brigade at the moment up in Estonia, you know it's going to be a busy army and unfortunately we've got a busy adversary now in Putin. Gone full tonto, I think, as I'd say, and you know that's going to be quite... We've got 1,000 people on standby.
 * 1) * 2021 Feb. 23,, comment at Horse Guards:
 * Whether you're based in Cyprus or you know we do longer tours in Kenya or Oman or are busy just making it to the brigade at the moment up in Estonia, you know it's going to be a busy army and unfortunately we've got a busy adversary now in Putin. Gone full tonto, I think, as I'd say, and you know that's going to be quite... We've got 1,000 people on standby.
 * Whether you're based in Cyprus or you know we do longer tours in Kenya or Oman or are busy just making it to the brigade at the moment up in Estonia, you know it's going to be a busy army and unfortunately we've got a busy adversary now in Putin. Gone full tonto, I think, as I'd say, and you know that's going to be quite... We've got 1,000 people on standby.

Usage notes
Because of the Native American sense of popularized by its use as the name of the sidekick of the, even as a Spanish loanword this term can be understood as a racial slur in English, due to the translation from Spanish to stupid or slow witted. However the word is also found in the Apache language and here translates into “wild one”

Noun

 * 1) a traditional Ugandan fermented beverage made from bananas

Etymology
. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 or.

Adjective

 * 1) foolish, stupid
 * 2) silly
 * 1) silly

Noun

 * 1) a fool

Etymology
Of unclear origin. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 or, and 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) stupid, silly, dumb, foolish

Noun

 * 1) a fool, a stupid person
 * 2) goof

Etymology
Of unclear origin. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 or, and 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) dizzy
 * 2) stupid
 * 3) silly, foolish
 * 1) silly, foolish

Noun

 * 1) a fool, a stupid person

Etymology
. has been proposed, but there are phonological difficulties, namely unexpected loss of initial /a/ and lack of diphthongization; cf. the expected outcome. Tonto may have an expressive or onomatopoeic origin. Another hypothesis is that it derives from, a 'vulgar' past participle for. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬,.

Adjective

 * 1) stupid
 * 2) silly, foolish
 * 1) silly, foolish

Noun

 * 1) a fool, a stupid person

Usage notes

 * Although in some contexts, , , , , , , , and  may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning.

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  stupid; foolish; silly

Noun

 * 1)  fool; idiot; simpleton; dunce