buey

== Ladino == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *boem, from Latin bovem, accusative singular of bōs. === Noun === buey m ox, steer == Old Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin bovem. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese boi and Old French buef. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbu͡ei/ === Noun === buey m (plural bueyes) ox ==== Descendants ==== Ladino: buey Spanish: buey == Spanish == === Alternative forms === bue búe === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbwei/ [ˈbwei̯] Rhymes: -ei Syllabification: buey === Noun === buey m (plural bueyes) ox, bullock, steer (Mexico, colloquial slang) guy, dumb, dude (depends on context and intonation, also denotes surprise, colloquially pronounced güey) (Mexico, colloquial slang) cuckold Synonym: cornudo (Puerto Rico) packet, arm and a leg (large amount of money) Synonym: riñón ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “buey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025