Dictionary

abuelo en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os Latin avus Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yeh₂ Latin avia Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -ola Latin aviola Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Vulgar Latin *aviolum Old Spanish avuelo Spanish abuelobor. English abuelo Borrowed from Spanish abuelo.

Meanings

1. A Hispanic grandfather.
   • A turning point came when he told his 86-year-old abuelo in 2010. “We were terrified to tell him,” Mr. Heng-Lehtinen said. 2016 May 17, Walter Einenkal, “Prominent Florida Republican is fighting for her child's trans rights”, in Daily Kos:
   • Young people who are close to writing off the Democratic Party as a dinosaur, as a gerontocracy of prudish abuelos who gave birth by immaculate conception, may be in for a pleasant surprise. 2017 April 3, Dr A W Niloc, “Resistance Songs for Day 75 - Sex Appeal”, in Daily Kos:
   • I visited several neighborhood parks that had extensive feeder operations, trail systems etc, and there were always family groups, often with very young kids as well as abuelas and abuelos, teenage boys and girls birding or hiking- it was really eye-opening to see a people immersed in the natural world around them. 2024 October 20, CaptBLI, “Dawn Chorus - Small game, Mississippi hunting laws.”, in Daily Kos:

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Coordinates

abuela