Learn Spanish: ALL about the Mexican word "WEY" ("güey")
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- I will teach you the word "wey" or "güey", very common in the Spanish in Mexico. You probably, at some point, have heard somebody Mexican said "wey". It is a controversial term in Mexico. Different people will give you different opinions about this word. Some will say it is low, some will say it is normal, some will say it is rude, some will say it is horrific, some will say I use it and I do not care. I made a class for you to give you a perspective about this abundant term in Mexican Spanish. I do not particularly want you to use it, and you will learn why in my video. I want you to have an informed opinion about the word and know why we use it, its origins, and its folklore.
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In this playlist you can learn real-life Spanish words and expressions:
• Everyday Spanish Phrases
00:00 Introduction
01:19 What is "wey" in Mexico?
02:50 Who says "wey" in México?
04:27 What is "órale" in Spanish?
07:27 History of the word "wey" in Spanish
11:45 Expressions with the word "wey"
13:40 Reading "wey" in a real-life text message.
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.
LOL 🤣
You hear it on the street often, but mostly from the working classes.
Funny
This channel is absolutely hilarious 😅 😂 🤣; learning spanish is just the added benefit.
"You think I was like uh, selling stolen cellphones or what?"
Ana. You are unbelievably funny and proud Mexicana
😂 🇲🇽
Thanks! Schools never teach practical stuff like this
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.
Yeah just don’t use “wey” LOL 😭
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.
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.
Good,eres mexicana
@@sifawdelsur1686 gracias. 😍
De nada Andrea 🙂
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.
The older generations would consider it offensive. But it is also how you use the word in different interactions (positive or negative).
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)
dont do it bro
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
Hola bro im from Detroit as well but not the south, I have to come visit Mexico town since I love the Mexican culture
Thank you so much! Very helpful information, especially when I watch Mexican shows.
You’re absolutely amazing!! Love watching you and learning
I love how real you are Ana. I learn a lot listening from you
Your teaching style is wonderful.
I couldn't adore you more. Muchas gracias. Peace and love to you, Ana.
Thanks!
Hola Willie. Muchas, muchas gracias por tu donación. Te mando saludos y que la pases muy bien.
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
I learnt this sentences at my second day in Mexico. From a friend of my host.
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 !!
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
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.
I ❤ u! There's no way we can get this field plowed without you Wey❤
Wonderful lesson Ana!!! Muchas Gracias😍😍
thank you. I was speaking to someone and they were saying wheytoe I didnt quite understand that.
Gracias por todo Ana! He aprendido mucho hasta ahora de los vídeos suyos. Se mando mis saludos de Hungría! 👋
Muchísimas gracias por tu donación :)
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.
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.
Thank you for the clarity 😂😅
I would hear “Este guey” to when someone did something dumb or out of the norm to be funny! Lol 😂
🦋 learning And having fun too. Thank You. 🦋
The best spanish classes around you are a great teacher
Thank you for explaining this!
Love it! Very interesting! I hear this said in Melaqué often. Gracias!
Dios mío que feliz estoy, con este vídeo que es muy importante gracias Ana.
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.
okay nerd. it means dude.
Gracias Ana para enseñado esta palabra.
Mi maestra es muy bonita y ella idioma de Espanol es excelente.
Gracias mi querida maestra a enseñarme idioma de Espanol.
Gracias for explaining. You are awesome.
Sabias que en Netflix, los subtitulos en el espanol y el audio en el espanol son diferente?
Great video! Mil gracias!
Thank you. Super interesting
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.
I love your channel!
Brilliant Ana, another maravillosa leccion. Teaches with a bit of humour. :-)
Finally, someone can explain it correctly. I was told so many other crazy meanings to this word.
Thanks for explaining -
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..
i like spanish language so much .thanks for the video it really helped us very much .once agaim thank you
Muchas gracias. Your examples are always so funny
Muy útil
Escuche de Chocolate Abuelitas. Esta popular en Mexico. Verdad? Tambien Cumbia es mas popular en Mexico.
my favorite spanish teaching videos jiji
I think it’s like “dude” and in the same way friends will call each other “dog”.
Hear it a lot here in El Paso at my job. lol came here to see what it meant. Thanks so much for this !
Jejejeje, ahora ya sabes qué es :)
I hear this word on the spanish radio station. I was wondering what it meant. Thank you!!!
Eres española?
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.
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 !🎉
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?
Fantastic
Hola mi amor! Muchas gracias!! 🥰🥰
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.
great video my friend!
You're the best!
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
Vamos la Mexico 🎉
Thank you Ana. First time I heard this word in telenovela La Casa de las Flores
Qué onda güey!!!! Love it!!!
Ana, do you have any cell phones left???
You are so funny.. I love your lessons!!!
Muchísimas gracias!!!!
Hey Anna I love Guey.
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.
Gracias comrada Butterly
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!
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 😂 😉 😘
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?"
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
got a little touchy there. quey
Bel video complimenti ciao Butterfly buona serata da Andrea b.❤️❤️❤️
Watching Lone Ranger puzzled us as kids. "Mom, why does he call his friend Tonto?" 😳 A word we were not allowed to use 🤦🏽♀️
Nice
My friend Frida says it about every 5 words jaja, it is the spanish equivalent of 'dude'. She is cool
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 :-)
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.
Tu acento en inglés es muy lindo , me gusta el inglés mexicano
Saludos de egipto 🇪🇬
W.hat is the definition of the word hechicera in the song Malaguena thanks
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!!
It’s live “vibe” or “mood”
i am in mexico right now and they say it means "homie"
Hay la differancia entro los dos verbe Sacar y Tomar? Desde de la República Democrática del Congo. del Congo. Gracias y saludos cordiales.
So it's like me saying "what's up man or oh man!" When something happens
Nice love from Mumbai
how does it go from un museo to the los museos at the end?
¡Gracias! Ellos usan esta palabra en 'Club de Cuervos' mucho.
If you're comfortable with calling someone brochacho, you can call them wey
Jajajajaja me hiciste reír.
😂 brochacho, brosephus, broseph, bromeo, etc. 🤣 Good way of putting it!!
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.
Donde esta La Isla Bonita?
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
What you were conveying in your example is that some Latinos from other countries upon discovering you are from Mexico are "mocking your colloquialisms".
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...
I hear it used this way also. Glad you made this point.
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.
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."
A long time to make a small point, but it was very entertaining just the same.
My name is Wei. Now I know what my Latino co-workers trying to tell me. 🙂
Typing ü is easy on a Mac. Hold Option, hit u. Then hit u again.
If you're using Windows, stop using Windows.