hueva

• güeva, huea, wea, güea

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ŏva f sg (“roe”), from Latin ōva n pl (“eggs”). Doublet of huevo (“egg”), from the Latin singular ōvum. Compare Portuguese ova.

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝eba/ [ˈw̝e.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: hue‧va

hueva f (plural huevas)

1. spawn (eggs of an aquatic organism)
2. roe (mass of eggs)
3. (colloquial) sloth, laziness

   Synonyms: desgana, flojera, negligencia, pereza

   Tenía que asistir a la escuela, pero le daba mucha hueva.

   He had to go to school, but he was overcome with laziness.

• “hueva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “hueva”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010