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/Sounds like the English word "huev" + "EH" (as in "egg") + "oh" (as in "oh")/

Meaning

Killing time doing nothing productive, or messing around and bothering people without a real reason. Used in Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru, hueveo describes that idle, distracted state where absolutely nothing gets done.

Examples

We spent the whole afternoon fooling around without finishing a single thing.

The goofing off at the office was non-stop whenever the boss was away.

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Uruguay
Pavear

Hungover, suffering through the after-effects of the previous night's drinking. In Colombia the "guayabo" collects everything you drank the night before, with full interest. Being enguayabado is a full-body reminder that last night was probably a bad idea.