hueco
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from an Old Spanish verb ocar or aocar,[1] from the Latin occāre (“to harrow”) (whence also Portuguese oco), from Latin occa. Related to German Egge.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hueco (feminine hueca, masculine plural huecos, feminine plural huecas)
- hollow, empty
- (Guatemala, Honduras, Chile, colloquial) gay
- (Chile, colloquial) clueless
Noun
[edit]hueco m (plural huecos)
- hole, gap
- (uncountable) free time, an opening (of time)
- Te llamo si tengo un hueco ― I'll call you if I have free time
- (Guatemala, Honduras, Chile, offensive, derogatory) homosexual man, faggot
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “hueco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “hueco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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