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audio buey

m.
  1. zoology ox, bullock
  2. Mexico figurative cuckold
  3. Argentina , Uruguay meddler, busybody
  4. Puerto Rico fortune

Idioms:
buey corneta
America figurative troublemaker
buey de agua
hydraulic measure
buey de cabestrillo
hunting blind
buey de Tíbet
zoology yak
buey marino
zoology sea cow
buey muerto
Puerto Rico bargain
buey suelto
  1. free agent
  2. colloquial (soltero) bachelor
conversar or hablar de bueyes perdidos
colloquial to prattle, chatter
pegar bueyes
Central America to go to sleep
saber los bueyes con que ara
colloquial to know who can (and cannot) be trusted
trabajar como un buey
colloquial to work like a dog
Inflected Forms: bueyes - masc

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