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Güey (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwei]; also spelled guey, wey or we) is a word in colloquial Mexican Spanish which is commonly used to refer to any person without using their name. Though more often, and originally only applied to males, it can be used equally for males and females; although women would more commonly use another slang word to refer to another unnamed female person, such as "chava" (young woman) or "vieja" (old lady). It is used roughly the same way as "dude" is used in modern American English. It is derived from the term buey, which refers to an ox, used for meat, sacrifice, or labor. It was used to insult men as cuckolds, because oxen are slow, castrated bulls. Over time, the initial /b/ underwent a consonant mutation to a /g/, often elided; resulting in the modern wey. The

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  • Güey (o wey;​ pl. güeyes​ o weyes) es un mexicanismo usado como ofensa, pero también para dirigirse coloquialmente a una persona sin llamarla por su nombre. La palabra aplica de igual manera al género masculino como al femenino. En el argot mexicano, güey puede aludir a estúpido, amigo, enemigo, trastornado, valiente y un sinnúmero de términos que pueden resultar contradictorios. El término equivalente en España puede tener el sentido vulgar de tío o macho, en caso de que se use entre amigos. (es)
  • Güey (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwei]; also spelled guey, wey or we) is a word in colloquial Mexican Spanish which is commonly used to refer to any person without using their name. Though more often, and originally only applied to males, it can be used equally for males and females; although women would more commonly use another slang word to refer to another unnamed female person, such as "chava" (young woman) or "vieja" (old lady). It is used roughly the same way as "dude" is used in modern American English. It is derived from the term buey, which refers to an ox, used for meat, sacrifice, or labor. It was used to insult men as cuckolds, because oxen are slow, castrated bulls. Over time, the initial /b/ underwent a consonant mutation to a /g/, often elided; resulting in the modern wey. The word can be used as an insult, like "fool", although, due to its extremely high frequency of use in a multitude of contexts, it has lost much of its offensive character, becoming a colloquialism. (en)
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  • Güey (o wey;​ pl. güeyes​ o weyes) es un mexicanismo usado como ofensa, pero también para dirigirse coloquialmente a una persona sin llamarla por su nombre. La palabra aplica de igual manera al género masculino como al femenino. En el argot mexicano, güey puede aludir a estúpido, amigo, enemigo, trastornado, valiente y un sinnúmero de términos que pueden resultar contradictorios. El término equivalente en España puede tener el sentido vulgar de tío o macho, en caso de que se use entre amigos. (es)
  • Güey (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwei]; also spelled guey, wey or we) is a word in colloquial Mexican Spanish which is commonly used to refer to any person without using their name. Though more often, and originally only applied to males, it can be used equally for males and females; although women would more commonly use another slang word to refer to another unnamed female person, such as "chava" (young woman) or "vieja" (old lady). It is used roughly the same way as "dude" is used in modern American English. It is derived from the term buey, which refers to an ox, used for meat, sacrifice, or labor. It was used to insult men as cuckolds, because oxen are slow, castrated bulls. Over time, the initial /b/ underwent a consonant mutation to a /g/, often elided; resulting in the modern wey. The (en)
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