"wey" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwei/, [ˈwei̯] Forms: weyes [plural]
Rhymes: -ei Etymology: Variant of güey, representing the relaxed pronunciation of the /ɡw/ sounds. Etymology templates: {{m|es|güey}} güey Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} wey m (plural weyes)
  1. (Mexico, colloquial slang, eye dialect, Internet) chump, punk, dumbass, idiot, jerk Tags: Internet, Mexico, colloquial, masculine, pronunciation-spelling, slang Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-wey-es-noun-9wpcd8dh Categories (other): Mexican Spanish, Spanish eye dialect, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. (Mexico, colloquial, Internet, also Latin America) dude, guy, buddy Tags: Internet, Latin-America, Mexico, also, colloquial, masculine Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: carnal, cuate, tonto, bato
    Sense id: en-wey-es-noun--OupXYEO Categories (other): Latin American Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wey meaning in Spanish (2.6kB)

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