güey

== Spanish == === Alternative forms === wey we === Etymology === Nonstandard pronunciation-spelling variant of buey (literally “ox”) (see that entry for more); this form thus represents a shifting of /bw/ back to /ɡw/. Compare nonstandard güeno from bueno (“good”), agüelo from abuelo (“grandfather”), güelvo from vuelvo (“to return”), where /bwe/ becomes /ɡwe/. A similar phenomenon occurs in the dialectal pronunciation of Lithuanian buvai as /ɡwuei/. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (spelling pronunciation) /ˈɡwei/ [ˈɡwei̯] Syllabification: güey IPA(key): (colloquial) /ˈw̝ei/ [ˈw̝ei̯] Rhymes: -ei === Noun === güey m (plural güeyes) (Mexico, colloquial slang) chump, punk, dumbass, idiot, jerk Synonyms: cabrón, tonto (Mexico, colloquial slang) dude, guy, buddy Synonyms: (Mexico) carnal, (Mexico) cuate, (Spain) tío, (Spain) tía; see also Thesaurus:tío (Rioplatense, Paraguay) pronunciation spelling of buey === See also === vato === Further reading === “güey”, 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