buey
Meanings
Noun
1. ox, bullock, steer
2. guy, dumb, dude (depends on context and intonation, also denotes surprise, colloquially pronounced güey) (Mexico, colloquial slang, colloquial, slang)
3. cuckold (Mexico, colloquial slang, colloquial, slang)
4. packet, arm and a leg (large amount of money) (Puerto Rico)
Examples8
Necesito un carro con dos bueyes.
I need a cart with two oxen.
Sería como poner el carro delante de los bueyes.
That would be putting the cart before the horse.
El caballo no tiene cuernos; el buey y la oveja tienen cuernos.
The horse doesn't have horns; the ox and the sheep have horns.
Dicen que la carne del buey de Kobe es la más sabrosa del mundo.
They say that Kobe beef is the tastiest in the world.
Del buey viejo aprende a arar el novillo.
From the old ox, the young one learns to plow.
El plural de "buey" es "bueyes".
The plural of ox is oxen.