huevos

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

huevos

1. plural of huevo.

Noun

huevos pl (plural only)

1. Huevos rancheros, a Mexican breakfast dish
   • 2007 January 7, Charles Baxter, “Breakfast of Champions”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     I dig into my huevos.

2. (slang) Balls; nerve; bravery; brazenness.
   • 1974, Jerry Kamstra, Weed: Adventures of a Dope Smuggler, page 126:

     Fortunately the magneto's power was limited, or the rods would have circled the table until one of the men had proved that he had real huevos, the implication being that the rest of the men were pussies.

   • 2001, Lee Taylor, Bull, →ISBN, page 2:

     In this business a man has to have balls, real huevos, Dwayne.”

   • 2018, Daniel Lines, Crohn's, and a Life with the Other Big "C" (Kind Of), →ISBN:

     They also think you've got some pretty big huevos to be as close to him as you are.

See also

• huevos divorciados
• Huevos rancheros on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝ebos/ [ˈw̝e.β̞os]
• Rhymes: -ebos
• Syllabification: hue‧vos

Noun

huevos

1. plural of huevo
2. (colloquial, vulgar) guts, balls (courage, bravery)

   Synonym: cojones