Learn Spanish: ALL about the Mexican word "WEY" ("güey")

[@TW0man4RMY]

This channel is absolutely hilarious 😅 😂 🤣; learning spanish is just the added benefit.

[@ESUSAMEX]

In the 1990s, I was living with a Mexican family while studying at a Spanish language school. One day, my "Mexican sister" heard me saying wey/guey a lot in conversations. So, she told me I should not say it because it was considered a bad word. About a minute after explaining all this to me, the telephone rang and she answered the call. It was one of her best girlfriends. During the call she said wey/guey about 35 times in a 2 minute conversation. It was like, "Bueno? Que onda, wey? Que vamos a hacer esta noche, wey? As soon as the called ended she saw me laughing at her. She realized that I caught her speaking like I often did. Upon realizing it, she died laughing as well. She never talked about the word wey/guey again.

[@juliodeasis417]

LOL 🤣

[@marcosreal11]

You hear it on the street often, but mostly from the working classes.

[@rickyhansen3822]

Funny

[@jitendrashah2272]

Ana. You are unbelievably funny and proud Mexicana

[@The1Tonic]

😂 🇲🇽

[@zsoltdekany5781]

Gracias por todo Ana! He aprendido mucho hasta ahora de los vídeos suyos. Se mando mis saludos de Hungría! 👋

[@ButterflySpanish]

Muchísimas gracias por tu donación :)

[@JaykPuten]

I live in southwest Detroit (known as Mexican town) and have heard this word, but didn't wanna ask to help me understand it better (as my Spanish is... Not great, good enough for working my job, or helping that person, especially when they see a white guy and expect no help, it's always great to see that smile of "someone here speaks enough Spanish to help me") or for working an extra driving/delivery job to make extra money to surprise mi esposa with gifts, knowing (Mexican)Spanish is really helpful, so thanks for this video! I've been subscribed for a long time and never comment, but I really appreciate this video that I had to comment! Thanks, a thousand times over thanks... And forgive me for not just writing this all in Spanish, my current phone gives me so much grief when I try to put everything in Spanish... Especially when it's my not so amazing Spanish, but that's why I love this channel, even things I already know, watching the videos I always manage to learn just a bit more than I thought I could

[@jakeouthill1600]

Hola bro im from Detroit as well but not the south, I have to come visit Mexico town since I love the Mexican culture

[@tlynch001]

"You think I was like uh, selling stolen cellphones or what?"

[@dreaG45]

Muchas gracias maestra. I’m really glad you cleared up the reputation of this word. I wanted to use it but somebody told me it was bad.

[@sifawdelsur1686]

Good,eres mexicana

[@dreaG45]

@@sifawdelsur1686 gracias. 😍

[@sifawdelsur1686]

De nada Andrea 🙂

[@kimcrayne3819]

Thank you so much! Very helpful information, especially when I watch Mexican shows.

[@ziolove]

I couldn't adore you more. Muchas gracias. Peace and love to you, Ana.

[@avnergazit2254]

Hola Ana. Thanks. Discovered your channel just recently. Have been trying to learn Spanish for several months - mainly using Duolingo. Have to say that you are a wonderful teacher and helped me understand much better the grammar and usages of the language. Will be visiting Mexico soon and maybe can use some of what you have taught.

[@5islands]

Yeah just don’t use “wey” LOL 😭

[@porquee]

Thanks! Schools never teach practical stuff like this

[@MichaelDPressnell]

Thanks!

[@ButterflySpanish]

Hola Mike. Muchísimas gracias de nuevo por tu generosidad. Te lo agradezco de corazón. Saludos :)

[@MichaelDPressnell]

@@ButterflySpanish My wife wishes you didn't teach that lesson because now I am constantly sayting that word. HEHEHEHE. It's fun to aggravate her that way. HEHEHE.

[@raffaojeda]

Nice you explain and understand the different meaning from this slang, that means that you are well inmerse into cultural awareness, congrats. greetings from Mexico City or CDMX

[@monaw6484]

YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER! I Love your. Energy and attitude but also you are very easy to follow and the way you explain things is fantastic. Yo entiendo mucho tu habla- I understand a lot of what you say

[@brentnoisette3819]

Thx for this...There are so many slang words and I hear this one a lot from my friends. Thanks for showing how to use it. maybe you should do a series on mexican slang and how and when to use it.

[@Hootyhoo-jq9vq]

Your teaching style is wonderful.

[@jesseepperson7244]

MUCHAS gracias!!! This is a video that i have been waiting on for so long. I would love for you to expand on the slang sometime. Im always afraid im gonna offend someone if i use slang so im always so formal with my spanish.

[@user-rn7yf3sn5i]

I love how real you are Ana. I learn a lot listening from you

[@dannymccoy4244]

You are a beautiful soul! Thank you for doing what you're doing for everyone! This not only helped me understand something I've been using for over a decade with my Mexican/Spanish origin buddies, but also random people that only speak in Spanish, and you truly make it simple as simple can get 😎🤟🏻 simón güey! Lol ❤️ thank you 🙌🏻🤙🏻

[@gregoryramirez6896]

Thank you sooo much Anna !! I never understood the meaning or definition of this word - until now. Keep up all your good work and videos !!

[@perronefran]

Wonderful lesson Ana!!! Muchas Gracias😍😍

[@abbeyglencircle]

Finally, someone can explain it correctly. I was told so many other crazy meanings to this word.

[@josuemelo2969]

Dios mío que feliz estoy, con este vídeo que es muy importante gracias Ana.

[@maxnee7097]

I learnt this sentences at my second day in Mexico. From a friend of my host.

[@jameshawkins9734]

You’re absolutely amazing!! Love watching you and learning

[@workstation1032]

Mi maestra es muy bonita y ella idioma de Espanol es excelente. Gracias mi querida maestra a enseñarme idioma de Espanol.

[@mgordon3026]

I have walked the Spanish Caminos, the Frances desde Franica al Santiago. I am from Los Angeles and have learned my Spanish from Mexicans(for the most part) so my accent is definitely Mexican. When I spoke to Spaniards they would get a smile on their faces a point to me saying "Mexicano" I think to them it's like us listening to Australians...just keep talking. I avoid colloquial speech like the plague because i feel that we non native speakers are likely to use it inappropriately. My favorite is "Andale pues" which has the connotation of (alrighty or vale vale) but on one occasion it was construed as "hurry up...move it. I was much more careful hence forth. Great lesson though.

[@darrelllancaster9554]

🦋 learning And having fun too. Thank You. 🦋

[@bdrtbdrt2633]

The best spanish classes around you are a great teacher

[@happybeans415]

thank you so much for making this lesson! As a Gringo who grew up with all Mexican's it has always bothered me that they all use this slang word but nobody can really explain the meaning well or how it came about. you give a perfectly clear answer to all my questions on this one word! Thank you! Best Spanish teacher ever!

[@karenc.9298]

Love it! Very interesting! I hear this said in Melaqué often. Gracias!

[@dbriddie9525]

Brilliant Ana, another maravillosa leccion. Teaches with a bit of humour. :-)

[@tonyb9428]

can never get my boyfriend to engage in any spanish learning in the years ive been learning online and this finally got him to ask questions !🎉

[@SapphyBardot]

Muchas gracias. Your examples are always so funny

[@jsexploring2129]

Thank you for explaining this!

[@alang7846]

There was a video which mentioned that "Que onda cabron" was a fairly common greeting in Mexico. An Australian commentator suggested that this was similar to the Australian "What's up cunt". The effort we put into learning Spanish, it's nice to get some bonus Australian words for free.

[@jamespgann]

Thank you for the clarity 😂😅

[@jamespgann]

I would hear “Este guey” to when someone did something dumb or out of the norm to be funny! Lol 😂

[@jboca1973]

Gracias Ana para enseñado esta palabra.

[@fatemabaritaala]

i like spanish language so much .thanks for the video it really helped us very much .once agaim thank you

[@sarahbowen8]

I hear this word on the spanish radio station. I was wondering what it meant. Thank you!!!

[@sifawdelsur1686]

Eres española?

[@johnpetrea]

Gracias para este video!!… Fue divertido y interesante… Estudié español para tres años y tus videos me ayudaban muchos… Te agradezco mucho Profesora 👩‍🏫 Ana… Feliz Navidad 🎄🎁 y un abrazo 🤗 fuerte..

[@rickyhansen3822]

Gracias por tu leccion. I probably didn’t write that corecto. It was a great lesson. My wife is from El Grullo,Jalisco,Mx. entonces I am with Otro Mexicans alot. So I need to learn Mexican. Well you know what I mean. We live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Come and see us some time. Ricky

[@shannonaguilar6610]

I've been slowly practicing DuoLingo for a year now. I know more than I did, but I"m not fluent. 5 to 10 min a night when I'm tired isn't cutting it. Ran across this channel. You are so cute and so funny. I will run through these vids in the future. Maybe switch over to Memrise or something different because although my vocab is a bit better, I'm not much better at speaking espanol from a year ago.

[@DelicatelyMocha]

Hear it a lot here in El Paso at my job. lol came here to see what it meant. Thanks so much for this !

[@ButterflySpanish]

Jejejeje, ahora ya sabes qué es :)

[@joeldiaz141]

Sounds like nothing wrong with saying guey. It seems equivalent to bro, or bruh, or dude or my guy, or my (controversial word) or killah, or son, etc. No big deal.

[@Dae.Dae617]

The older generations would consider it offensive. But it is also how you use the word in different interactions (positive or negative).

[@cantguardmike5661]

In some scenarios it can be an amplifier that some can find offensive. Means bro but no mames (no way) and no mames guey (is like no fucking way)

[@xsyn1636]

dont do it bro

[@liz14771]

Nothing wrong if you know that person or between friends you can't be calling just any body wey jackass or you better put up your dukes l don't even used it between my friends let alone some else I don't know dingus

[@ilovecarnitas]

thank you. I was speaking to someone and they were saying wheytoe I didnt quite understand that.

[@HueroVat]

Gracias for explaining. You are awesome.

[@howdy2496]

In high school in the late 80's I would tell one of my friends" Que onda wey" and he would respond by saying " Que onda vaca."

[@kaumingo]

I concur with everything you say. I would add that this word is actually Buey, an Ox that has been castrated. Thats why some old folks react.

[@Coloso2012literatura]

Born and raised in Mexico City I’m 100% familiar and sometimes use the word Güey. Now, while it’s true that the most common use of the word is to address a close friend in an informal situation and it’s not offensive when used this way (pun intended), there are times when the word can become a very rude way (profanity) if you use it when you sound angry. Oye, güey, ven acá! Meaning: Hey, a**hole, come here! Which is why this word is not socially accepted by people who avoid profanity at all costs. It’s more often used by young people exactly for that reason, because it’s not shocking for them. At times, when I make a mistake, I say to myself: Que güey soy! I’m such an a**hole! But I never use it to address other people, not even my close friends. I don’t feel comfortable using it and never have. This may give non native Spanish speakers insight. Take it from a guy whose native language is Spanish.

[@Spongequan69]

okay nerd. it means dude.

[@leecherlarry]

my favorite spanish teaching videos jiji

[@mazenmagdy155]

Tu acento en inglés es muy lindo , me gusta el inglés mexicano Saludos de egipto 🇪🇬

[@RobynJohnChrestman]

I love your channel!

[@gratefulamateur1393]

Thank you. Super interesting

[@lincolnrice4946]

Great video! Mil gracias!

[@emmavillanueva7152]

I'm Mexican and Spanish and Jewish 🇮🇱🇪🇸🇲🇽 but born in America and I haven't speak Spanish since I was 5 years old cause ive been used to speaking English.

[@Rieal007]

I get it its with any slang N with the A. Certain areas will not take likely to non, saying this word but if you are close it will pass

[@yuliyai.1744]

Thank you Ana. First time I heard this word in telenovela La Casa de las Flores

[@stevenrickaby7099]

Hola Ana! ❤ Quiero dice Gracias para su ayuda de Español, I’ve been watching for the past 3 years, gotta admit I got a crush on you! Beautiful and smart!! This is another great Video Güey 😂 😉 😘

[@dtfoel1230]

Thanks for explaining -

[@pablodados]

This is the first I've heard of any negative connotations for this word. I've only ever heard it used to refer to friends, like man, bro, dude etc. in English. Sounds like it's similar to cabr*n then, which can be an insult but is also used as a term of endearment between friends.

[@zacharygreen2895]

i am in mexico right now and they say it means "homie"

[@Gandoff2000]

Thank you for telling us this word. Just in case one of my Spanish speaking friends say it to me. Some have called me gringo which was clearly not meant as a slur. 🙂

[@JaykPuten]

Yeah, when I hear it (after someone hears me speaking what Spanish I can) you can really tell they just mean it in it's original meaning of "outsider" or... Well there are better definitions, but for the cases I hear it, I always think in my head of it as "outsider who's really trying" Though I live in southwest Detroit (called Mexican town) and I've never heard anyone ever use gringo in the slur sense, even when it's someone who doesn't know I'm there and can hear them, or someone who forgot I was there... Though my experiences might be just from the region I live... As I'm sure someone living in the southwest might hear it from punks and rude people... For as much as Detroit was the joke of... Well everyone everywhere... In the past few years, it's really gotten itself together Not that anyone will ever believe me(and that's fine) and despite having spent half my life in the southwest (Arizona, Cali, Nevada) I really love the diversity here and all the languages... Be it Mexican Spanish, French from Canada, Hindi, Russian, Polish... Etc I love it... Sorry to go off topic on the reply a bit... Well *alot* but if You're on this channel to learn more Spanish I'll bet you've probably got a spot in your that wants to learn every language you can... Which is the only reason I mention this city, as it has everything... Including cold winters... So it's not for everyone... But for a fun cheap place to fly or drive for a vacation in the summer, it's a fun place if you wanna hear so many languages (esp if you look online and find restaurants of a particular languages associated food, as usually anyone who speaks English and whatever language with the food is more than happy to teach a few things... Nothing makes (good) people happier than sharing their native language with others Again sorry to reply and then go into a long spiel... But in case someone reads this and wants a fun cheap summer vacation to hear languages... Maybe this helps them... Though I'm sure new York is also a good idea, it's probably an insane amount more expensive

[@Gandoff2000]

@decolonizationisforeveryon1514 I will definitely not use "wey". I am still learning Spanish. But my friends from Honduras will call an American "Gringo", a black person "black" an Asian person "Chino". It is all good and I never saw anyone get offended.

[@erickozal9044]

@Decolonization is for everyone Interesting you say that. Like I mentioned in my comment these Mexicans I worked with 20 some years ago said that to each other and me in greeting and I said it back to them not knowing what I was saying. They definitely weren't offended though.

[@chinchanchou]

In hsipanic culture when you have a friend do you love put nickname exámples: gringo, fat, thin, ugly, love, black, little and other words in english sound disgusting but in spanish no

[@chinchanchou]

@@Gandoff2000 gringo is a iberian Word mining foreing people who not native in spanish or portugués languages

[@marchyman5061]

Qué onda güey!!!! Love it!!! Ana, do you have any cell phones left??? You are so funny.. I love your lessons!!! Muchísimas gracias!!!!

[@LeoDomitrix]

Returned a bit over a week ago from 10 days in Mexico. Heard "guey" for dude, as in "Dude, I saw the weirdest thing at the store...") Our friends used it in that way, and explained it that way. They are native to Mexico, so we chose to believe them. Glad to know they didn't mislead us :-)

[@enijize1234]

I heard its something like "tough guy" or "macho man" because it comes from buey = ox. Kind of like in english you could call someone "muscles" or "a unit" or "a tank". "How's it hanging muscles?" "¿Que onda guey?"

[@joshuatruvillion3044]

Vamos la Mexico 🎉

[@ricklee5845]

Hola mi amor! Muchas gracias!! 🥰🥰

[@flpnovr2]

You're the best!

[@flpnovr2]

I'd say that it's most likely used in the same way the word "man" is used in the following sentences: How's it going man? Totally awesome man! I hear you man etc...

[@mikelarkins5819]

I hear it used this way also. Glad you made this point.

[@evalina98000]

Watching Lone Ranger puzzled us as kids. "Mom, why does he call his friend Tonto?" 😳 A word we were not allowed to use 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@dutchloveRC]

great video my friend!

[@erickozal9044]

Thanks for the explanation. Years ago when I worked with a bunch of guys from Mexico they used to greet me and each other "que pasa güey?" Never really understood it til now. I have a girlfriend from Mexico now who doesn't ever say güey, but uses "pues" a lot. I don't really understand it. If you have an explanation on that one it would be Great!

[@ButterflySpanish]

Lo haré con gusto.

[@erickozal9044]

@@ButterflySpanish bien pues

[@marlenaevanscraig7641]

@@ButterflySpanish can you do an explanation of the Spanish subjunctive but do it a little different than the other Spanish speaking KZbin teacher's do an hour long video on subjunctive in real time with weirdo at the side and break down each acronym with movies shows and song lyrics? You are the best one of the best teachers to date when it comes to the Spanish speaking language but for most this is the hardest thing to grasp. And this is coming from Spanish speaker who tried to explain subjunctive to somebody else and I couldn't

[@GipsyK6345]

I've been following you for a few years now but haven't started watching your videos yet. I'm gonna start soon though! Do you teach Mexican dialect?

[@TheKingOfInappropriateComments]

Sounds similar to "cabrón" which google also says means "dubmass" but I gather that means something more along the lines of güey in Mexican slang?

[@catirerubio]

Cabron is like calling someone a bastard. Careful using this.

[@TheKingOfInappropriateComments]

@@catirerubio I watched the Queen of the South and that was used a lot towards other members of the cartel.

[@catirerubio]

@@TheKingOfInappropriateComments Yep. Makes my point.

[@suspendedhatch]

In Spain, the equivalent of guey is "tio/tia". In English we say "man, dude, bro". Imagine calling everyone Uncle / Aunt. It kinda makes sense :D

[@kimtaylor8449]

Wow that's so interesting that you are explaining this word because my husband from Guatemala says guey means a animal or bull 🐂 with horns. And I hear the Mexican people use this word all the time. But yes in other Spanish speaking countries this is a very vulgar word, I never use it. But Mexican people have a lot of weird slang.

[@tomgocubs]

I think it’s like “dude” and in the same way friends will call each other “dog”.

[@deatheater4life432]

Ana, can you further explain what que onda means? When I google the translation, it says "what wave" I don't understand that translated to english. I would appreciate a little further explanation on that translation. Thanks in advance!!

[@Sa6INa]

It’s live “vibe” or “mood”

[@andreabrischigliaro5377]

Bel video complimenti ciao Butterfly buona serata da Andrea b.❤️❤️❤️

[@Pablo-h8b]

Muy útil

[@elgueroadventures]

My friend Frida says it about every 5 words jaja, it is the spanish equivalent of 'dude'. She is cool

[@josephlitteral]

So I used to work on the farm, in the field with the migrant workers… they started calling me “Perro Güey” is that bad… they said it was for my strength, size and because I could work hard like them. Is that true

[@ButterflySpanish]

I would need a bit more context to understand it. "Güey" as I explained in a video is not an insult. Perro could be, but it depends. My sister used to say to her kids and nephews "vámonos mis perros" as if Saying "let's go gang" in a funny way. But I did not like it. Though I understood she was not being rude or improper, just being funny. So, I need more information to express my opinion. Saludos :)

[@ScienceNotFaith]

I heard that it basically is used instead of "dude." In Cabo San Lucas in the Puerto Paraiso Mall is a store with that name. I'm sure they don't think it means stupid or idiot. They sell surfer boy type clothes - shorts, shirts and swimsuits.

[@jonr191]

What you were conveying in your example is that some Latinos from other countries upon discovering you are from Mexico are "mocking your colloquialisms".

[@AZTechLabs]

got a little touchy there. quey

[@suspendedhatch]

Typing ü is easy on a Mac. Hold Option, hit u. Then hit u again. If you're using Windows, stop using Windows.

[@peluchezombeast]

Bueno, en realidad si se puede usar para decir tonto, como "estás bien wey!" Jaja También quiero agregar que a veces escribimos "we" en vez de "wey" para acortar aún más la palabra. Soy mexicana y solo vine aquí porque una amiga americana me dijo de este canal y me dio curiosidad, fue muy divertido ver éste video jaja

[@jonniemae818]

Hey Anna I love Guey.

[@RobertValerio-zb8cx]

W.hat is the definition of the word hechicera in the song Malaguena thanks

[@taulu2204]

how does it go from un museo to the los museos at the end?

[@djvnet]

Fantastic

[@FKapend]

Hay la differancia entro los dos verbe Sacar y Tomar? Desde de la República Democrática del Congo. del Congo. Gracias y saludos cordiales.

[@markdye3056]

So it's like me saying "what's up man or oh man!" When something happens

[@AF573]

My name is Wei. Now I know what my Latino co-workers trying to tell me. 🙂

[@RockawayCCW]

The guys at work told me it means something like "dude" or "guy," but that I shouldn't use it because I'm not a native speaker.

[@jackm1758]

Gracias comrada Butterly

[@MENTOKz]

in the comments can we all say hola guey/wey to you because we are friends Anna 😁😁🤣

[@Tokahfang]

¡Gracias! Ellos usan esta palabra en 'Club de Cuervos' mucho.

[@johnaustin6067]

I ❤ u! There's no way we can get this field plowed without you Wey❤