a huevo
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- (colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Guatemala) forcedly having no choice and with great effort
- A huevo nos tocó cargar el piano.
- Whether we liked it or not we had to carry the piano.
- A puro huevo logré terminar los ejercicios.
- With inhuman effort I managed to finish the [school] exercises.
- (colloquial, idiomatic, Colombia, Ecuador) very cheap
- (colloquial, idiomatic, Spain) within reach, easily achievable, on a plate
- Venga, que te lo he puesto a huevo.
- Come on, I put it somewhere easy to reach.
Interjection
[edit]- (colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar, El Salvador, Mexico) That's so true!
- ¡A huevo! ¡Se me había olvidado!
- That's so true! I forgot about it!
- (colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar, El Salvador, Mexico) fuck yeah
Further reading
[edit]- “a huevo”, 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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