abuela
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Spanish abuela.
Noun
abuéla
- grandmother
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin aviola, diminutive from Latin avia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbwela/ [aˈβ̞we.la]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Syllabification: a‧bue‧la
- IPA(key): (dialectal) /aˈwela/ [aˈwe.la], /aˈɡwela/ [aˈɣ̞we.la]
- Rhymes: -ela
Noun
abuela f (plural abuelas, masculine abuelo, masculine plural abuelos)
- grandmother, female equivalent of abuelo
- (colloquial) old woman
Usage notes
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.
Derived terms
- abuela materna
- abuela paterna
- abuela política
- abuelita (diminutive)
- éramos pocos y parió la abuela
- no tener abuela
- si mi abuela tuviera ruedas, sería una bicicleta
- tía abuela
Descendants
- → Hiligaynon: abuéla
- → Papiamentu: wela
References
- “abuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 211
Further reading
- “abuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014