huevo means egg — a common term in Essential Spanish. Learn how it's used in a real-world example.
📅 Published: April 21, 2026
huevo
noun • /[WEH-boh]/
egg
Example:
El huevo está cocido.
The egg is boiled.
🧠 What does huevo mean?
The word 'huevo' is a masculine noun that translates to 'egg' in English. It refers to the oval or round object laid by female birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, which contains a developing embryo and nutritive material, or the egg of a domestic hen used as food. It is a fundamental word in Spanish, commonly used in culinary contexts and everyday conversation.
📚 Extra examples
- Para hacer la tortilla española, necesitas tres huevos, patatas y cebolla.
To make the Spanish omelet, you need three eggs, potatoes, and onion. - Encontré un nido con un solo huevo de color azul pálido.
I found a nest with a single pale blue egg. - El desayuno típico en muchos países incluye un huevo frito o revuelto.
The typical breakfast in many countries includes a fried or scrambled egg. - Es importante cocinar el huevo por completo para evitar la salmonela.
It is important to cook the egg completely to avoid salmonella.
💡 Did You Know?
The word 'huevo' comes from the Latin word 'ovum', which also gives us English words like 'oval' and 'ovary'. The initial 'h' in 'huevo' was added in Old Spanish, likely for phonetic reasons or influence from other Romance languages.
🔁 Synonyms & opposites of "huevo"
Synonyms: ovolo
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