güey
Spanish, noun/ˈɡwei/
güey is spelled G-Ü-E-Y (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 51,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Güey is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “chump, punk, dumbass, idiot, jerk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tratamiento coloquial y general para personas, especialmente jovenes del sexo masculino”.
What does güey mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicocolloquialmasculinechump, punk, dumbass, idiot, jerk
- 2
Mexicocolloquialmasculinedude, guy, buddy
- 3
masculinepronunciation spelling of buey
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tratamiento coloquial y general para personas, especialmente jovenes del sexo masculino.
adjective: 1. Tonto, torpe.
adjective: 1. Grafía alternativa de gay
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 güey
- güeyes plural
- wey alternative
- we alternative
- gueis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce güey?
- /ˈɡwei/
- [ˈɡwei̯]
- /ˈw̝ei/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to güey
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is güey in Spanish?
güey 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).