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huevo

Syllables: hue·voUS/ˈweɪ.voʊ/

huevo noun: an egg.

Noun

huevo (plural huevos)

  1. (error-unknown-tag) An egg.
    • Perro prances merrily down the path, balancing his huevo jauntily on his nose, to the amazement of some watching chickens.2002, School Library Journal: SLJ - Volume 48, Issues 5-8, page 155
    • Day or night, huevos has long been a personal favorite, but they inevitably put me into a food coma. To lighten the load, I've slimmed down to just one huevo, and instead amped up the ratio of black beans (simmered in a saucepan, not refried, with aromatics and spices).2010, Kim O'Donnel, The Meat Lover's Meatless Cookbook, →ISBN
  2. (error-unknown-tag, plural-normally) A testicle.
    • The horse has no huevos. The horse is a mare.1988, Charles Bowden, Blue Desert, →ISBN, page 3
    • "I'd give my left huevo for any one of them," Leonardo said. "But . . . but how?"1995, Jack Curtis, Hide-Out Canyon, →ISBN, page 137

Examples of huevo in a sentence

  • you, who can't believe your Ma rose at 4:45 to fry one huevo and a slice of bologna laid on corn tortilla—border benedict— here's your chance to drag home $80 a week, for her electric.2015, Luis Alberto Urrea, Tijuana Book of the Dead, →ISBN, page 3:
  • It is hard to believe Jefe was only as big as a candy bar when he first came out of his huevo.2016, Dr. Brady Barr, Jennifer Keats Curtis, After A While Crocodile: Alexa's Diary, →ISBN:
  • But lately his brother had started walking as if he had baseballs packed in his pants instead of huevos the size of a hummingbird's.1997, Marc Talbert, A Sunburned Prayer, →ISBN, page i:
  • One huevo's hanging lower than the other.2009, Lynn Breedlove, Lynnee Breedlove's One Freak Show:

Forms of huevo

pluralhuevos

Origin of huevo

Borrowed from Spanish huevo (“egg; testicle”). Doublet of egg, ey, oeuf, and ovum.

Questions about huevo

What does huevo mean?
Huevo means an egg.
How do you use huevo in a sentence?
you, who can't believe your Ma rose at 4:45 to fry one huevo and a slice of bologna laid on corn tortilla—border benedict— here's your chance to drag home $80 a week, for her electric.
What part of speech is huevo?
Huevo is a noun.
How do you pronounce huevo?
Huevo is pronounced /ˈweɪ.voʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of huevo?
The plural of huevo is huevos.

Words near huevo in the dictionary

  1. Huethers
  2. Huetson
  3. Huett
  4. Huettl
  5. Huettles
  6. huevo
  7. huevos
  8. huevos divorciados
  9. huevos motuleños
  10. huevos rancheros
  11. huey

Source and license

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