buey

Meaning

1. (masculine) ox, bullock, steer
2. (Mexico,colloquial,masculine,slang) guy, dumb, dude (depends on context and intonation, also denotes surprise, colloquially pronounced güey)
3. (Mexico,colloquial,masculine,slang) cuckold
4. (Puerto-Rico,masculine) packet, arm and a leg (large amount of money)

Concepts

ox

🐂

steer

bullock

bovine

cow

🐮

bullocks

oxen

cuckold

edible crab

steers

spider crabs

beef animal

ox

🐂

bovine animal

bull

calf

cattle

crab

🦀

crabs

Synonyms

toro

vaca

🐮

novillo

cornudo

cría

🧒

ganado bovino

insulto

jaiba

🦀

ternera

ternero

chile negro

buey de roca

buey del pacifico

cangrejo azul

cangrejo de piedra

cangrejo de piedra negro

cangrejo de roca

cangrejo dungeness

cangrejo jonah

cangrejo moro

cangrejo moro colorado

cangrejo rocoso

cangrejo sirio

cangrejo verde

centolla europea

jaiba azul

jaiba azul chica

jaiba dana

jaiba de maracaibo

jaiba de mascara

jaiba de puntas

jaiba de roca amarilla

jaiba gris

jaiba limón

jaiba mora

jaiba peluda

jaiba reina

jaiba roma

jaiba rugosa

jaiba siri

moro colorado

necora

wey

becerro

güey

cangrejo

🦀

cangrejo de mar

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbwei/

Etymology

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.