bisabuela

Spanish

Etymology

From bis- +‎ abuela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bisaˈbwela/ [bi.saˈβ̞we.la]

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• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: bi‧sa‧bue‧la

Noun

bisabuela f (plural bisabuelas, masculine bisabuelo, masculine plural bisabuelos)

1. great-grandmother (female equivalent of bisabuelo)

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: bisawela

Further reading

• “bisabuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10