Wey in Mexican Spanish Explained!!!

Wey history and usage in Mexican Spanish

[eskipotato]

Similarly, the word 'guy' once had negative connotations in English, but was also ameliorated.

[evart]

Well in the internet we write
"Wey"

[RichyArg]

Also happened with the word "Egg"

"Huevo" became "Güebo" wheb used to refer to a certaib part of the male anatomy.

[RMうい]

Hi quality stuff man, you'll be blowing up soon

[SwedePotato]

This is so interesting. I love learning these cool language tidbits

[Indefinite_struggle]

My favorite thing about Spanish is learning the different ways to say dude. Like in DR where my family is from we say “Tigre” (tiger) to mean dude.

[ekuu]

I thought he was yelling "Yahweh" 😂

[mexa_t]

I’ve noticed that in some areas, the g sound has started to fade away, making it sound more like “wey”

[daemonxblaze]

Thank you..I have asked a good half dozen native Spanish speakers what it meant and wasn't able to get a satisfactory answer. This sums it up quite nicely, and reaffirms my original context based translation

[jewel]

back in PR the term of endearment was cabrón which has a nearly identical etymology, except it refers to goats lol. Güey was sometimes used as well since people would hear it from TV or friends online.

[CGaboL]

In most cases, we don't even use the hard g at the beginning of the word when speaking anymore and has shifted further into a /w/ sound, and we even reflect that in how we write it as "wey" (pronounced very similar to the English word way).
It's not even just that, also many words I've heard colloquially being shifted, like bueno→güeno→weno (good), güero→wero (blond), agua→awa (water) or even aguja→ahúja (needle)

[lupo]

But now most mexicans write it like wey 😅 I haven't seen "güey" in like 15 years until now... But that's my experience

[Treyast]

I went to elementary school in AZ, USA, and a lot of my friends called me Treygüey. I had no clue what it meant, but they were fun to hang out with. I'm glad it is a term of endearment, lol.

[cardboardbx]

Aren’t there two versions of that video, one where he falls in and another where Roman soldiers start attacking the cameraman?

[stargatis]

We tried to explain to my Spanish teacher that we only say “weno” but she insisted we pronounce the b

[StaminUpFan]

I saw that video before I learned Spanish, and I thought he was calling for God to help him. “Yahweh por favor!!”

[Iamtk]

It is important to note that this is still offensive in some areas!
Where I'm from, it's just like LingOtter said, but in other regions it's very rude.

[splendiforusme]

Stuff like this is why I subscribe. I love this stuff, and I learn interesting stuff ❤

[w]

I’ve literally never heard a person switch to “g” in Mexican Spanish and that’s my family, my friends, the neighborhoods near me, near where each of my parents live- nowhere in SoCal I’ve ever been. Obviously I’ve heard “güey” like in “Sabes qué güey!” Where “sabes” turns into something more like “saves, ” which is interesting
I’m Mexican (Chicano technically), I hope that should be apparent. I also don’t speak Spanish but all of my family does is

[guebiguabo]

It also can also used to say something like"stupid" like in "no seas wey" meaning "don't be stupid" or something like that