Usage Note
Buey refers to a castrated bull used as a draft animal. Its plural is bueyes, following the -y → -yes pattern (like rey → reyes). In colloquial Mexican Spanish, buey (also spelled güey or wey) is a very common informal term of address meaning roughly 'dude' or 'man,' though in some contexts it is mildly offensive.
Examples
"El buey tiró del arado lentamente."
Natural Translation
The ox pulled the plow slowly.
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