abuela
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin aviola, diminutive from Latin avia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbwela/ [aˈβ̞we.la]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
- IPA(key): (dialectal) /aˈwela/ [aˈwe.la], /aˈɡwela/ [aˈɣ̞we.la]
- Rhymes: -ela
- Syllabification: a‧bue‧la
Noun
abuela f (plural abuelas, masculine abuelo, masculine plural abuelos)
- grandmother, female equivalent of abuelo
- (colloquial) old woman
Derived terms
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
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