abuelo Cebolleta
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Spanish TV show La familia Cebolleta. The grandfather in this family, nicknamed abuelo Cebolleta, was always trying to tell his family his fantastical batallitas and war anecdotes.
Noun
[edit]abuelo Cebolleta m (plural abuelos Cebolleta)
- (idiomatic) an old man who is fond of telling stories
- 2015 March 11, Quico Tomás-Valiente, Paco Pardo, La justicia y sus puñetas, →ISBN:
- Nuestro abuelo Cebolleta ha entrado con honores en esta nueva antología no por méritos propios, sino de los magistrados que le juzgaron.
- Our abuelo Cebolleta has entered, with honors, into this new anthology, not on his own merits, but on those of the magistrates that judged him.
- 2021 September 9, César Pérez Gellida, Astillas en la piel, →ISBN:
- Estás a un paso de convertirte en el abuelo Cebolleta.
- You are one step away from converting into the abuelo Cebolleta.
- 2022 March 10, Ana Ruiz Echauri, La ventana de los cernícalos, →ISBN:
- Me gusta recordar aquellos tiempos. Cada vez me parezco más al abuelo Cebolleta.
- I like to remember those times. I look more and more like abuelo Cebolleta.