buey.
ox, bullock, steer
Meaning & usage
ox, bullock, steer
guy, dumb, dude (depends on context and intonation, also denotes surprise, colloquially pronounced güey)
cuckold
packet, arm and a leg (large amount of money)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Spanish buey, from Vulgar Latin *boem for Latin bovem (compare Italian bue), accusative singular of bōs. The variants güey and wey represent a neutralization of the clusters /bw/ and /gw/. Doublet of bife.
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