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güero

Spanish, noun/ˈɡweɾo/

güero is spelled G-Ü-E-R-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 51,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Güero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a person with light skin and/or blond hair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona de piel clara y cabello rubio”.

What does güero mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Mexicohaving pale skin and/or blond hair; whitey

noun

  1. 1

    Mexicomasculinea person with light skin and/or blond hair

    ¿Qué onda, güero?

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Se dice del huevo no fecundado o cuya fecundación no resulta viable a causa de algún accidente o negligencia durante la incubación. 2. Por extensión, vano, vacío y sin substancia.

noun: 1. Persona de piel clara y cabello rubio. 2. Por extensión, vocativo que usan los mercaderes de los almacenes para dirijirse a sus clientes.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of güero

  • güera feminine
  • güeros masculine plural
  • güeras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce güero?

  • /ˈɡweɾo/
  • [ˈɡwe.ɾo]
  • [ˈgweɾo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is güero in Spanish?

güero appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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