"blanquillos" vs "huevos"

Here's one that perhaps falls into the "estoteric colloquialism" category...

A Mexican neighbor told me I should never say "huevos" (even when referring to a hen's contribution to the breakfast table) but to be polite, proper and "educated", "blanquillos" is the right word to use (since we all know the alternative translation of "huevos").

Now, if you go to any store, and look at packaged eggies, the packages are all labeled "huevos", and if "blanquillos" is indeed a preferred word, what does one say if you're inquiring about "huevos rojos" (brown eggs)?

Is this some silly prudish phraseology limited to my neighborhood or some other region? I do know better than to call somebody "huevón"...

What does "huevón" mean?

Carry Bean wrote:What does "huevón" mean?

OK, would somebody else kindly answer this inquiry? I know what it means, but whenever I respond to something of this nature, "somebody else" disagrees with my reply, or how I've translated it. Somebody truly bilingual, like Intercasa, would be a good provider of the definition. How about it, Spence?

Carry Bean wrote:What does "huevón" mean?

Mostly, lazy. It is fairly vulgar though.
gm

Run it through Google Translate:

http://translate.google.com/#

Lehrer wrote:Run it through Google Translate:

http://translate.google.com/#

Don't run it through Google if you want the Mexican usage. Use this site Word Reference

Google Translate, in addition to being almost useless, is totally useless when it comes to regional usage. The site I linked will show uses from different regions. The best dictionary I've found in this regard is Larousse.

And the answer is, according to the Oxford dictionary apparently:

huevón' also found in these Oxford entries:
Spanish:
huevona
English:
asshole - dickhead - jerk - schmuck - twirp - wanker

raqueteer wrote:And the answer is, according to the Oxford dictionary apparently:

huevón' also found in these Oxford entries:
Spanish:
huevona
English:
asshole - dickhead - jerk - schmuck - twirp - wanker

Nope. Not in Mexico. Like a said, get a dictionary that distinguishes between regional usage.

gringomojado wrote:Carry Bean wrote:What does "huevón" mean?

Mostly, lazy. It is fairly vulgar though.
gm

Correct

O.K., I never use blanquillos, just ¿hay huevo? That I presume is also a safe way, yes or no?

raqueteer wrote:O.K., I never use blanquillos, just ¿hay huevo? That I presume is also a safe way, yes or no?

The classic example would be the gringo asking the waiter if he has huevos and the waiter responds, yes two big ones.
Chris

There are cartoon characters that are also known as huevos.


In my circle of friends huevon goes hand in hand w/pelon=bald.

Huevos is not vulgar.

It sounds like you're not understanding your neighbor.

claras=egg whites

blanquillos=egg whites Question: Is your neighbor from Colombia?

Brown eggs are huevo cafe (brown eggs)

viajero wrote:

raqueteer wrote:O.K., I never use blanquillos, just ¿hay huevo? That I presume is also a safe way, yes or no?

The classic example would be the gringo asking the waiter if he has huevos and the waiter responds, yes two big ones.
Chris

My understanding Chris is that if you say tiene huevos, that would be the answer. In a shop, it would be ¿hay huevo? Are there any eggs? Just use the singular.

raqueteer wrote:

viajero wrote:

raqueteer wrote:O.K., I never use blanquillos, just ¿hay huevo? That I presume is also a safe way, yes or no?

The classic example would be the gringo asking the waiter if he has huevos and the waiter responds, yes two big ones.
Chris

My understanding Chris is that if you say tiene huevos, that would be the answer. In a shop, it would be ¿hay huevo? Are there any eggs? Just use the singular.

Hay huevos?That would be perfectly correct IMO.
Spanish word of the day:albur:play on words,double meaning, it's practically an art form in GDL

casi nada wrote:
Don't run it through Google if you want the Mexican usage. Use this site Word Reference

I looked up the word using both sources, and they yielded basically the same result.

eñe wrote:

Carry Bean wrote:What does "huevón" mean?

OK, would somebody else kindly answer this inquiry? I know what it means, but whenever I respond to something of this nature, "somebody else" disagrees with my reply, or how I've translated it. Somebody truly bilingual, like Intercasa, would be a good provider of the definition. How about it, Spence?

eñe, your prediction was absolutely on target! Hell, even advice providing a reliable source provoked an argument.

Guess I should have left this one in the archives.....

Lehrer wrote:

casi nada wrote:
Don't run it through Google if you want the Mexican usage. Use this site Word Reference

I looked up the word using both sources, and they yielded basically the same result.

Look again.

casi nada wrote:

Lehrer wrote:

casi nada wrote:
Don't run it through Google if you want the Mexican usage. Use this site Word Reference

I looked up the word using both sources, and they yielded basically the same result.

Look again.

Why would I waste my time to "Look again"? I saw it the first time. They gave the same definition. If you saw something that I didn't (which I doubt) -- let me know.

Lehrer wrote:

casi nada wrote:

Lehrer wrote:

casi nada wrote:
Don't run it through Google if you want the Mexican usage. Use this site Word Reference

I looked up the word using both sources, and they yielded basically the same result.

Look again.

Why would I waste my time to "Look again"? I saw it the first time. They gave the same definition. If you saw something that I didn't (which I doubt) -- let me know.

Well we wouldn't want you to waste your time, but I just used the Google translator, and it gives "asshole" as the translation. If you look carefully at the site I referenced, next to (b) it says (Méx vulg) (holgazán) lazy (colloq)

Sorry to waste your time

Same way that most of our threads get corrupted. People talking out their arses.......

I like my huevos poached and on toast :)

Enough you guys, I'm still waiting to hear what TGFY means.

Oh yeah I don't like carne magra, I much prefer well marbled meat. Carne magra is for anorexic girls.

raqueteer wrote:Enough you guys, I'm still waiting to hear what TGFY means.

Oh yeah I don't like carne magra, I much prefer well marbled meat. Carne magra is for anorexic girls.

That's gratitude for you.
Carne magra is simply lean meat. Doesn't have to be beef. Chicken, goat, rabbit are all lean meats.


I was buying beef for my German Shepherd. He liked it fine.

Solovino wrote:

raqueteer wrote:Enough you guys, I'm still waiting to hear what TGFY means.

Oh yeah I don't like carne magra, I much prefer well marbled meat. Carne magra is for anorexic girls.

That's gratitude for you.
Carne magra is simply lean meat. Doesn't have to be beef. Chicken, goat, rabbit are all lean meats.


I was buying beef for my German Shepherd. He liked it fine.

Fat gives meat, any meat all its flavor. My dog, a Labrador has more discerning tastes and her Daddy gets fat specially added for her at the butcher shop. It's good for their coats.

You're welcome.

Lehrer wrote:

Solovino wrote: And as far as your housekeeper or other Mexicans with little formal education, they misspeak in their native language just like any other native speaker in any other language.(Not that she did in this instance but she doesn't deserve anyone's blind faith when it comes to properly spoken Spanish.)

Since you don't know Carmela, you have no rationale for calling into question her understanding of the language or lack thereof. That said, I would trust her as a native speaker to teach me proper Spanish over and above anything you might have to offer. (Remember "shoe size"?) Perhaps you can explain how she misinterpreted her own language, as you suggest?

Jesus, do you read what you have written before you hit the "send" button? Perhaps you can explain how she misinterpreted her own language, as you suggest? Well here's a link to mistakes frequently made by native Spanish speakers:

Native Spanish Speakers Make Mistakes Too

raqueteer wrote:

It's good for their coats.

So are huevos.