Correspondence With Frog Hospital's Fred Owens About Mexican Spanish And My Mexican Band

Dear Fred,

I am soooooooo happy you're back in the saddle - and pain-free!

I agree. "Vato" is a great word.

Here's another word which some of my Oaxacan band members call me as a term of endearment: güero. 

It's also what my honorary 4 year old niece, Valeria, calls me - tío güero.

If you haven't seen this video of my Mexican band, it's great -- the music, the dancing, the spirit. (Most often lead guitarist Oscar "Toledito" Castellanos calls me güero.) 

Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Dancing Inspired by Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Music Played by “Túnel del Tiempo.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsdL5FM4Nc4

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Contents

• 1Spanish
  • 1.1Etymology
  • 1.2Pronunciation
  • 1.3Adjective
  • 1.4Noun
    • 1.4.1Usage notes
  • 1.5See also
  • 1.6References

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The Mexican word güero ultimately originates from the Spanish word huero (“empty”), from the phrase huevo huero (“an empty egg that was lost during incubation”). The phrase huevo huero became associated with a sick person, and from this association came the association with the color white.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡweɾo/  Alan: "where-oh" (with marked accent on first syllable)

Adjective[edit]

güero (feminine singular güera, masculine plural güeros, feminine plural güeras)

1. (Mexico) having pale skin and/or blond hair

Noun[edit]

güero m (plural güeros, feminine güera, feminine plural güeras)

1. (Mexico) a person with light skin and/or blond hair quotations ▼

   ¿Qué onda, güero? ― What's up, whitey?

Usage notes[edit]

• Often used as a term of endearment, or an informal way of saying "whitey" in Spanish. Unlike gringo, which generally refers to Americans, güero is used generally to refer to a lighter-skinned person, including the whites born in Mexico.

See also[edit]

• chele - Alan - "Chele" is the Nicaraguan word of choice for güero. (In Mexico, "chela" is slang for beer, no doubt because "chela' means "light" like "lager" and takes on the feminine form because cerveza in feminine.)
• gringo
• huero
• rubio
• rucio (Chile)

References[edit]

1. ^ “'Güero y huero': Etimología de güero”, in etimologias.dechile.net‎^[1], 2012, retrieved September 1, 2012

Alan:: Also see the slang transformation of "buey," or "güey" ,or "huey": 

https://www.dictionary.com/e/translations/guey/#:~:text=The%20word%20g%C3%BCey%20comes%20from,%E2%80%9Ccuckold%E2%80%9D%20sense%20of%20buey.

On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 12:35 PM Fred Owens wrote:

Learned vato today, like Dude, like que paso Vato?

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Fred Owens
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