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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

  1. verb To treat someone as though they are inferior; to talk down to them.
  2. verb To do something considered beneath one's status, often reluctantly.

gleek — full definition

  1. noun A once-popular game of cards played by three people.
  2. noun Three of the same cards held in one hand; three of a kind.

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