abuelo

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abuelo.

Noun

abuélo

1. grandfather

Spanish

Alternative forms

• agüelo (eye dialect)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish avuelo, from Vulgar Latin *av(i)olum, ultimately from Latin avus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbwelo/ [aˈβ̞we.lo]

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• IPA^(key): (dialectal) /aˈwelo/ [aˈwe.lo], /aˈɡwelo/ [aˈɣ̞we.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: a‧bue‧lo

Noun

abuelo m (plural abuelos, feminine abuela, feminine plural abuelas)

1. grandfather

   Su abuelo es simpático.

   His grandfather is nice.

2. (colloquial, endearing) an elderly person
3. loose tufts of hair in the nape when one's hair is messed up

   Synonym: tolano

Derived terms

• abolengo
• abu
• abue
• abuelado
• abuelito
• abuelo Cebolleta
• abuelo materno
• abuelo paterno
• abuelo político
• bisabuelo
• tío abuelo

 

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: abuélo
• → Papiamentu: welo

Further reading

• “abuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014