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huevos

Syllables: Hue·vos

huevos is the plural of huevo.

Noun

huevos pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Huevos rancheros, a Mexican breakfast dish
    • I dig into my huevos.2007 January 7, Charles Baxter, “Breakfast of Champions”, in New York Times
  2. (plural, plural-only, slang) Balls; nerve; bravery; brazenness.
    • Fortunately the magneto's power was limited, or the rods would have circled the table until one of the men had proved that he had real huevos, the implication being that the rest of the men were pussies.1974, Jerry Kamstra, Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler, page 126
    • In this business a man has to have balls, real huevos, Dwayne.”2001, Lee Taylor, Bull, →ISBN, page 2

Meaning of huevo

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
  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

Proper noun capitalized: Huevos

Huevos

  1. An island of Trinidad and Tobago.

Origin of huevos

Derived from the plural form of Spanish huevo (“egg”). The island is named for the ease of gathering iguana and bird eggs there.

Phrases with huevos

Questions about huevos

What does huevos mean?
Huevos means huevos rancheros, a Mexican breakfast dish.
What is huevos the plural of?
Huevos is the plural of huevo.
What part of speech is huevos?
Huevos can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near huevos in the dictionary

  1. Huetson
  2. Huett
  3. Huettl
  4. Huettles
  5. huevo
  6. huevos
  7. huevos divorciados
  8. huevos motuleños
  9. huevos rancheros
  10. huey
  11. Huey, Dewey and Louie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: huevos (page history and authors); Huevos (page history and authors); huevo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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