Today's WOTD is: "buey" = ox
In
Spanish, the noun "buey" is a masculine noun
of Latin origin which means ox.
In
some parts, the word “buey” is used as a colloquial
describing word/ adjective meaning dumb.
Some
commonly used expressions containing the words "buey"
are:
- Buey de mar (marine edible crab/ brown crab);
- Buey marino (manatee);
- Con estos bueyes hay que arar (one has to make do with what one has);
- Entre bueyes no ha cornadas (birds of a feather flock together);
- Hablar de bueyes perdidos (to chit chat);
- Saber alguien con que buey ara (to know well the person(s) one can or needs to rely on);
- Saber alguien con que bueyes ara (to know well the person(s) one can or needs to rely on);
Some
examples of the use of the word "buey"
are:
- Hoy tenemos un buey de mar riquísimo (today we have very tasty brown crab);
- No perdamos tiempo hablando de bueyes perdidos (let us not waste time chit chatting);
- En este momento, no sé con que buey aro (right now, I don't know who I can trust/ rely on);
- En este momento, no sé con que bueyes aro (right now, I don't know who I can trust/ rely on);
For
more on the word "buey",
visit: Wordreference.com/es/en/ Buey
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “buey”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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