huevear — meaning in English
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English meaning
- condescend verb To treat someone as though they are inferior; to talk down to them.
- gleek noun A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
- patronize verb To talk to someone in a way that shows you think you are smarter or better than them.
Senses
huevear is used for these senses in English:
- gleek (obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
- lay an egg (of a bird or other egg-creating animal) To produce an egg.
- mess with (colloquial) To joke around with or dupe someone, in either a friendly or unfriendly manner.
- patronize (transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
condescend — full definition
- verb To treat someone as though they are inferior; to talk down to them.
- verb To do something considered beneath one's status, often reluctantly.
gleek — full definition
- noun A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
- noun Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.