Muy bien, aquí tienes un huevo.
All right, here's an egg for you.
On a plane, the passenger in the next seat is a gorilla, and peace costs one egg placed in its hand. Aquí tienes is the phrase for handing something over.
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Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "egg" in Spanish
el huevo
nounmasculineplural: los huevossilent h
"Egg" in Spanish is el huevo, plural los huevos. The h is silent and hue is one syllable, so it sounds like WEH-boh. At breakfast you'll meet huevos fritos (fried eggs) and huevos revueltos (scrambled eggs).
Hear "huevo" in real movie scenes
One egg handed over, then a count of the eggs in the fridge. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Y ¿cuántos huevos hay?
And how many eggs are there?
A father and his son make breakfast together for the first time, and step one is counting the eggs in the fridge. Cuántos matches the masculine plural huevos.
From Kramer vs. Kramer · Spanish audio
Eggs on the menu
How you'll see eggs on a Spanish or Mexican breakfast menu.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| un huevo frito | a fried egg |
| huevos revueltos | scrambled eggs |
| un huevo duro | a hard-boiled egg |
| la tortilla de patatas | Spanish potato and egg omelet |
| huevos rancheros | fried eggs on tortillas with salsa, a Mexican breakfast |
| una docena de huevos | a dozen eggs |
Tip: In Spain a tortilla is a thick omelet made with eggs and potatoes. In Mexico the same word means a flat corn or flour bread.
Grammar: el huevo, los huevos
Four points for the kitchen and the café.
Masculine, regular plural
el huevo, un huevo, los huevos. Adjectives follow and agree: dos huevos fritos.Counting eggs
Ask with the masculine plural cuántos: ¿Cuántos huevos hay? Answer with a number: Hay seis.Con huevo
Add eggs to a dish with con and no article: arroz con huevo, rice with egg.Why the h is there
Spanish writes an h in front of words that begin with the sound ue: huevo, hueso (bone), huele (it smells). The h stays silent.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
Desayuno dos huevos.
I have two eggs for breakfast.
Muy bien, aquí tienes un huevo.
All right, here's an egg for you.
Quiero huevos y una taza de café.
I'd like eggs and a cup of coffee.
Hay arroz con huevo.
There's rice with egg.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗HWEH-voh (pronunciation)
✓WEH-boh
Leave the h silent, and let the v sound like a soft b.
✗uevo
✓huevo
You never hear the h, but you always write it.
✗un coche huevo (meaning a new car)
✓un coche nuevo
One letter changes everything. Nuevo with an n means new, and huevo is the egg.
Real conversation: a breakfast invitation
A short chat with a coworker at the office.
It's Friday at the office, and your coworker Rocío comes over to your desk.
¿Desayunamos el domingo en mi casa?
Want to have breakfast at my place on Sunday?
¡Claro! ¿A qué hora?
Sure! What time?
A las diez. Hay arroz con huevo.
At ten. There's rice with egg.
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How to remember it
Huevo and nuevo are one letter apart. A fresh egg is a new egg: un huevo nuevo.
Questions about "egg" in Spanish
How do you say egg in Spanish?
El huevo, plural los huevos. Say WEH-boh, without the h.
How do you say scrambled eggs in Spanish?
Huevos revueltos. Fried eggs are huevos fritos, and a hard-boiled egg is un huevo duro.
Is huevo masculine or feminine?
Masculine: el huevo, los huevos, un huevo frito.
Does huevos have another meaning in Spanish?
Yes. In casual speech it's also vulgar slang in Mexico and other countries. On a menu or in a kitchen it means eggs.
