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buey

English translation: bro

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Spanish term or phrase:buey
English translation:bro
Entered by: Paul García

17:03 Sep 26, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Other / conversation, chicano
Spanish term or phrase: buey
significance?
tb: "huey", "uey"?

Será como el "mano" que se dice en PR...
Paul García
United States
Local time: 04:13
bro'
Explanation:
I'm assuming it's like "tio/nano/tronco..." etc in Spain or "carnal" and similar L. Am epithets. Or "mate" in UK, maybe "buddy" in the USA (I don't know how current that usage is) ...
But as our colleagues point out, without more context we can't really be sure.

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http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=309010

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In my generation, we stuck "maaan" on to the end of everything. In fact, I still do it quite a lot. Man.

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I assume our colleagues suggesting the dictionary translation "ox" are being facetious by way a a reprimand for the lack of context ;)

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Sorry, I meant "by way of a reprimand". Man.

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"Dawg" is another one I'm rather fond of myself, probably because it reminds me of the old Deputy Dawg cartoons :-)

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Dude/home/homey/dawg, bro... man... I can't believe I ain't getting no agrees, dog...
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 10:13
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1ox
Stephen D. Moore
4 +1dude
eski
1 +1bro'
neilmac


Discussion entries: 8





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ox


Explanation:
A buey is an ox; a castrated male bovine.

Unless perhaps your source is using the word figuratively, or as part of a modismo?

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If "buey" is being used as a slang form of address (as your subsequent discussion entry suggests,) I would leave it in Spanish and add a brief explanatory note.

Stephen D. Moore
United States
Local time: 04:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 5

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Neil Ashby: who knows with zero context.....?
3 mins
agree  EirTranslations
8 hrs
disagree  Phoenix III: It's not a literal translation but a context/slang term.
4 days
  -> True, and my response allowed for that. But there was no context at first (tho Paul took care of that pretty quickly.)
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bro'


Explanation:
I'm assuming it's like "tio/nano/tronco..." etc in Spain or "carnal" and similar L. Am epithets. Or "mate" in UK, maybe "buddy" in the USA (I don't know how current that usage is) ...
But as our colleagues point out, without more context we can't really be sure.

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Note added at 41 mins (2013-09-26 17:45:13 GMT)
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http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=309010

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Note added at 42 mins (2013-09-26 17:46:48 GMT)
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In my generation, we stuck "maaan" on to the end of everything. In fact, I still do it quite a lot. Man.

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Note added at 44 mins (2013-09-26 17:48:31 GMT)
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I assume our colleagues suggesting the dictionary translation "ox" are being facetious by way a a reprimand for the lack of context ;)

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Note added at 45 mins (2013-09-26 17:49:07 GMT)
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Sorry, I meant "by way of a reprimand". Man.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-09-26 19:30:49 GMT)
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"Dawg" is another one I'm rather fond of myself, probably because it reminds me of the old Deputy Dawg cartoons :-)

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Note added at 16 hrs (2013-09-27 09:32:26 GMT)
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Dude/home/homey/dawg, bro... man... I can't believe I ain't getting no agrees, dog...

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 10:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 342
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Phoenix III
4 days
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dude


Explanation:


Urban Dictionary: guey



www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=guey‎



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Dude in Spanish. Correct spelling is actually "buey" but sounds like "guey" or "way" so it's just changed a bit. Literally means "ox", and is a negative term like ...


Urban Dictionary: wey



www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wey‎



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mexican slang, wey = dude ... Also: wey we güey buey ... "Buey", meaning Ox, to Wey, meaning asshole when you wanted it to, or "dude" when you wanted it to.


Urban Dictionary: güey



www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=güey‎



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It is both a dear person who you address to regularly, so you call it "güey" over and over, instead of using its name each time, like "dude" in english, or a person ...


Güey (vulgar) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Güey_(vulgar)‎



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To refer to the same person you are talking about like "No güey, no pude ir." (No dude, I couldn't go). To refer to a person whose name is unknown like "¿Qué no ...

Note to Paul: In the context you've given, "Dude" is probably pretty close, but in another (negative) context "fool" or "idiot" might apply.
eski :)

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Jail Inmate Impregnates 4 Female Corrections Officers, Runs Drug ...



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25/04/2013 - He's the dude in the jail that not only the inmates submit to but even other employees fall in line to. [avatar] Profile. 04.25.13 at 1:43 pm. Rawsee.

www.thisis50.com/.../784568:BlogPost:317...‎



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24/04/2013 - Tavon White aka Bulldog an inmate of Baltimore City Detention Center became the kingpin of the Black Guerrilla ... Dude still in Jail great!

www.prisonerlife.com/personals-search.cfm‎



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Communicate with prisoners and death row inmates, and learn about the American ... Read about prison drug dealers, dudes getting turned out, power-tripping ...

eski
Mexico
Local time: 02:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28
Notes to answerer
Asker: "dude" is spoken by a surfer, a middle class youth, a Californian... This is the speech of those who are on the fringes of legitimacy, prisoners, gang members, peripheral society—a different style and register.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Phoenix III
3 days 23 hrs
  -> Thanks for your confirmation, Phoenix III. eski :)
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