huevear

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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  • webear (Chile, eye dialect)
  • güevear (South America, more formal eye dialect)

Etymology

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From huevo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /w̝ebeˈaɾ/ [w̝e.β̞eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: hue‧ve‧ar

Verb

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huevear (first-person singular present hueveo, first-person singular preterite hueveé, past participle hueveado)

  1. (Chile) to peeve, annoy, bother
    Synonym: fastidiar
  2. (Chile) to mess around, have fun, have a good time.
    Synonyms: pasarlo bien, bromear, divertirse
  3. (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru) (Chile, archaic) to idle, loaf, waste time.
  4. (Bolivia, Chile, Peru, vulgar) to fool around
  5. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) to steal
    Synonym: robar
    Un ladrón hueveó mi celular.
    A thief stole my phone.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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