buey

adj.

dumb.

m.

1 ox.

2 edible crab.

3 idiot, imbecile.

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buey

► nombre masculino

1 ox, bullock

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FRASEOLOGÍA

carne de buey beef

buey de mar crab

buey marino sea cow

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SM

1) (Zool) ox

buey almizclado — musk ox

buey corneta — And, Cono Sur one-horned ox; (fig) (=entrometido) busybody, nosey-parker *

- nunca falta un buey corneta

buey de Francia — crab

buey de mar — variety of crab or crawfish

buey marino — manatee

buey muerto — Caribe bargain

2)

- como bueyes

chinches como bueyes — bedbugs the size of elephants, enormous bedbugs

- cuando vuelen los bueyes

- hablar de bueyes perdidos

- pegar bueyes

- poner los bueyes antes que el carro

- saber con los bueyes que ara

- sacar el buey de la barranca

ser un buey para algo —

es un buey para el trabajo — he's a tremendous worker

- buey suelto

3) LAm (=cornudo) cuckold

4) Caribe (=dineral) big sum of money

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I

adjetivo (Méx fam) dumb (colloq)

II

masculino

1) (Agr, Zool) ox

hablar de bueyes perdidos — (RPl) to chat

entre bueyes no hay cornadas — (RPl) birds of a feather stick together

2) (Méx fam) (idiota) idiot, imbecile (colloq)

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= bullock, ox [oxen, -pl.].

Ex. A mobile bullock cart library service and a 'barefoot library service' operating in rural areas of the country are also described.

Ex. Harting primarily addresses the iconography of two altarpiece wings which depict a landscape with oxen and an ass.

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* carreta de bueyes = ox cart.

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I

adjetivo (Méx fam) dumb (colloq)

II

masculino

1) (Agr, Zool) ox

hablar de bueyes perdidos — (RPl) to chat

entre bueyes no hay cornadas — (RPl) birds of a feather stick together

2) (Méx fam) (idiota) idiot, imbecile (colloq)

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= bullock, ox [oxen, -pl.].

Ex: A mobile bullock cart library service and a 'barefoot library service' operating in rural areas of the country are also described.

Ex: Harting primarily addresses the iconography of two altarpiece wings which depict a landscape with oxen and an ass.

* carreta de bueyes = ox cart.

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buey¹

adjective

(Méx fam) dumb (colloq)

buey²

masculine

A (Agr, Zool) ox

habló el buey y dijo mu (fr hecha); when he opened his mouth what he said was a load of nonsense ( o when you open your mouth you come out with a load of nonsense etc)

hablar de bueyes perdidos (RPl); to chat

saber con qué bueyes se ara (RPl): no lo va a hacer, sé con qué bueyes aro she won't do it, I know her o I know what she's like o I know what I'm talking about

el buey suelto bien se lame there's nothing like freedom

nunca falta un buey corneta (RPl); there's always one! (colloq)

entre bueyes no hay cornadas (RPl); birds of a feather stick together, there's honor among thieves

Compuesto:

buey almizclero

musk ox ojo

B (Méx fam) (idiota) idiot, imbecile (colloq)

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buey sustantivo masculino (Agr, Zool) ox
■ adjetivo (Méx fam) dumb (colloq)
buey m (animal doméstico) ox, bullock
buey (de mar) (marisco) crab
'buey' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
uncir
- ojo
English:
bullock
- horse
- ox
- oxtail
- port
- steer

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buey (pl bueyes)

♦ nm

1. [mamífero] ox;

Comp

trabajar como un buey to work like a slave;

Comp

RP

hablar de bueyes perdidos to chatter about nothing in particular;

Comp

RP

saber con qué bueyes se ara to know what sort of people one is dealing with;

Prov

RP

entre bueyes no hay cornadas birds of a feather stick together

Comp

buey almizclero musk ox

2. [crustáceo] edible crab, Br brown crab

Comp

buey de mar edible crab, Br brown crab

3. Méx Fam [hombre] guy;

siempre vienen los mismos bueyes it's always the same guys who come

♦ interj

Méx Fam

¿qué tal estás, buey? how are you doing, man o Br my son?;

¡espérame, buey! hang on, man o Br mate!

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buey

m ZO ox

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buey nm

: ox, steer

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buey n ox [pl. oxen]