abuelo
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Hiligaynon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
abuélo
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- agüelo (eye dialect)
Etymology[edit]
Origin uncertain. Possibly from Latin *aviolus (see for cognates), from Classical Latin avus (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather”)) + -olus.[1].
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abuelo m (plural abuelos, feminine abuela, feminine plural abuelas)
- grandfather
- Su abuelo es simpático.
- His grandfather is nice.
- (colloquial, endearing) an elderly person
- loose tufts of hair in the nape when one's hair is messed up
- Synonym: tolano
Usage notes[edit]
The noun abuelo is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Coromines, Joan (1961) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- “abuelo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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