huevo
/ˈweɪ.voʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.50 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An egg.
noun
A testicle.
Example Sentences
- "Perro prances merrily down the path, balancing his huevo jauntily on his nose, to the amazement of some watching chickens."
- "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)."
- "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."
- "It is hard to believe Jefe was only as big as a candy bar when he first came out of his huevo."
- "The horse has no huevos. The horse is a mare."
- ""I'd give my left huevo for any one of them," Leonardo said. "But . . . but how?""
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om Classical Latin ōvum Vulgar Latin *ŏvum Old Spanish hueuo Spanish huevobor. English huevo Borrowed from Spanish huevo (“egg; testicle”). Doublet of egg, ey, oeuf, and ovum.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈweɪ.voʊ/