hueco
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from an Old Spanish verb ocar or aocar,[1] from the Latin occāre (“to harrow”). Compare Portuguese oco.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hueco (feminine hueca, masculine plural huecos, feminine plural huecas)
- hollow
- (Chile, colloquial) gay
- (Chile, colloquial) clueless
- (Guatemala, derogatory) homosexual man
Noun
[edit]hueco m (plural huecos)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “hueco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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