huero

Spanish

Etymology

From dialectal gorar (“to incubate, brood”), related to Old Spanish engorar, compare Portuguese gorar (“to addle, miscarry”), thence of Celtic origin, compare Old Irish gorid (“to warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝eɾo/ [ˈw̝e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: hue‧ro

Adjective

huero (feminine huera, masculine plural hueros, feminine plural hueras)

1. vain, empty, vacuous

   Synonyms: vano, vacío

2. (of an egg) infertile
3. (of an egg) dead-in-shell

Related terms

• güero

 

Further reading

• “huero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “huevo huero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tahitian

Noun

huero

1. seed
2. egg