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)
- vain, empty, vacuous
- Synonyms: vano, vacío
Related terms
- güero
Further reading
- “huero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tahitian
Noun
huero
- seed
- egg