huevo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish huevo (“egg; testicle”). Doublet of egg, ey, oeuf, and ovum. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈweɪ.voʊ/ Hyphenation: hue‧vo === Noun === huevo (plural huevos) (Castilianism) An egg. (usually in the plural) A testicle. ==== Related terms ==== == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish huevo. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: hue‧vo === Noun === huevo egg == Spanish == === Alternative forms === (dialectal, eye dialect) güevo, vuevo, webo === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish hueuo, from Vulgar Latin *ŏvum, from Classical Latin ōvum, from Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm, from *h₂éwis, possibly from *h₂ew-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈw̝ebo/ [ˈw̝e.β̞o] IPA(key): (dialectal) /ˈɡwebo/ [ˈɡwe.β̞o], /ˈbwebo/ [ˈbwe.β̞o] Rhymes: -ebo Syllabification: hue‧vo === Noun === huevo m (plural huevos) egg poner un huevo ― to lay an egg spawn Synonym: hueva (vulgar, slang) testicle Synonyms: testículo, tanate, cojón (vulgar, slang, in the plural) guts, balls, courage Synonyms: agallas, cojones Coordinate term: ovarios tener huevos ― to have balls (biology) zygote Synonym: cigoto (biology) ovule Synonym: óvulo (Peru, colloquial, with de) a lot, loads Hay un huevo de gente. ― There's a lot of people. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Chavacano: huevo Papiamentu: webu → Cahuilla: wéevu' → English: huevo === Further reading === “huevo”, 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 “huevo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 “huevo”, in Diccionario de peruanismos [Dictionary of Peruvianisms] (in Spanish), Academia Peruana de la Lengua [Peruvian Academy of the Tongue], 2014 “un huevo de”, in Diccionario de peruanismos [Dictionary of Peruvianisms] (in Spanish), Academia Peruana de la Lengua [Peruvian Academy of the Tongue], 2014