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  • It's a comibination of a slang word for testicle ( "huevo") and a slang word for prostitute ( "puta").

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  • Now my wife, who is extremely knowledgable about her native cuisine, also prefers not to prepare it as machaca con huevo but instead prepares her guiso without the egg.

    Another wonderful meal, muy mexicana 2009

  • Restaurants Aplenty: It's best to heed recommendations if you want superior cuisine for your dining dollars in South Beach, so ask around: The Spanish infused cuisine at SoleÃ, W Hotel serves delectable tapas huevo frito con patatas, jamon y setas = Iberico ham and a fried egg served over wafer thin, house made crispy potatoes, chanterelle mushrooms and truffle oil and the rack of lamb is dynamite.

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  • Now my wife, who is extremely knowledgable about her native cuisine, also prefers not to prepare it as machaca con huevo but instead prepares her guiso without the egg.

    Another wonderful meal, muy mexicana 2009

  • Restaurants Aplenty: It's best to heed recommendations if you want superior cuisine for your dining dollars in South Beach, so ask around: The Spanish infused cuisine at Soleà, W Hotel serves delectable tapas huevo frito con patatas, jamon y setas = Iberico ham and a fried egg served over wafer thin, house made crispy potatoes, chanterelle mushrooms and truffle oil and the rack of lamb is dynamite.

    Dwight Brown: Miami -- Luxury Vacations for Grown-ups Dwight Brown 2011

  • Now my wife, who is extremely knowledgable about her native cuisine, also prefers not to prepare it as machaca con huevo but instead prepares her guiso without the egg.

    Another wonderful meal, muy mexicana 2009

  • Now my wife, who is extremely knowledgable about her native cuisine, also prefers not to prepare it as machaca con huevo but instead prepares her guiso without the egg.

    Another wonderful meal, muy mexicana 2009

  • Now my wife, who is extremely knowledgable about her native cuisine, also prefers not to prepare it as machaca con huevo but instead prepares her guiso without the egg.

    Another wonderful meal, muy mexicana 2009

  • Now my wife, who is extremely knowledgable about her native cuisine, also prefers not to prepare it as machaca con huevo but instead prepares her guiso without the egg.

    Another wonderful meal, muy mexicana 2009

  • Now my wife, who is extremely knowledgable about her native cuisine, also prefers not to prepare it as machaca con huevo but instead prepares her guiso without the egg.

    Another wonderful meal, muy mexicana 2009

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  • testículo, cojón

    October 22, 2007

  • A friend of mine once ordered "huevos duros" in a restaurant in Mexico thinking that she was ordering hard-cooked eggs. She got a quick lesson in idiomatic Spanish, needless to say.

    October 22, 2007

  • huevo (Spanish) = egg (English). But sometimes we use the word huevo (usually in plural: 'los huevos') with the same meaning that 'the balls' in English. When your friend ordered 'huevos duros' she was ordering hard-boiled eggs. Be careful: I've heard that 'the balls of horse' ('huevos de caballo') are eaten in some places!

    October 22, 2007

  • Here in New Mexico (that is, provided I'm really located there) we have a popular dish called huevos rancheros. If the slang connotation is so strong in Spanish, I wonder if that name is intended as innuendo. Seems innocent enough in the literal sense. There's got to be a way to order eggs without implying something else, right?

    October 22, 2007