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”) (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
- (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[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “hueco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic 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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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