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/Sounds like "mahl" (as in "mark") + "pah" (as in "park") + "REE" (as in "reed") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

One of the strongest insults in Colombian Spanish, expressing deep contempt for someone who did something truly awful or betraying. Literally it alludes to a failed birth. Among very close friends it can appear as dark humor, but in any other context consider it a serious verbal attack. Closer to "you miserable bastard" than any mild insult.

Examples

Are you serious, malparido? You broke my car mirror!

That jerk in traffic cut me off and made me slam the brakes.

Regional synonyms

A clumsy, lazy person who can't do anything right and everything they try goes wrong. In Spain, calling someone a 'manta' is the soft insult for someone useless or lazy who can't get it together.