huero

Spanish

Etymology

From dialectal gorar (“to incubate, brood”), related to Old Spanish engorar, compare Portuguese gorar (“to addle, miscarry”), thence of Celtic origin, compare Old Irish gorid (“to warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝eɾo/ [ˈw̝e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: hue‧ro

Adjective

huero (feminine huera, masculine plural hueros, feminine plural hueras)

1. vain, empty, vacuous

   Synonyms: vano, vacío

2. (of an egg) infertile
3. (of an egg) dead-in-shell

Related terms

• güero

 

Further reading

• “huero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “huevo huero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tahitian

Noun

huero

1. seed
2. egg