abuela

f.

1 grandmother; (fig.) old woman, old lady.

No tiene abuela he's full of himself

Éramos pocos y parió la abuela and that was the last straw

2 grandmother, grandparent.

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abuela

► nombre femenino

1 grandmother (familiarmente) grandma, granny

2 (vieja) old woman

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FRASEOLOGÍA

éramos pocos y parió la abuela familiar as if that wasn't enough, that was all we needed

no tener abuela familiar not to be afraid of blowing one's own trumpet

¡tu abuela! familiar rubbish!

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noun f.

grandmother

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= grandmother, granny, gran, grandma.

Ex. If we can regard the card catalog as a tool that has been terrific and one about which our grandchildren going to the Smithsonian Institution will say, 'That's what my grandmother used in the olden days,' then we're on our way to letting it die with dignity = Si podemos considerar el catálogo de fichas como una herramienta que ha sido fabulosa y de la que nuestros nietos cuando vayan a la Institución Smithsoniana digan, "Esto es lo que mi abuela usaba antiguamente", entonces estamos empezando a dejarlo morir con dignidad.

Ex. An ambitious study of the interrelationships of folklore and literature, this book resuscitates the figure of the granny using oral history and fieldwork.

Ex. Bring back the paddling pool so that mothers and grans can safely take children for a cheap day out; picnic and paddle safely like we used to in the 40s and 50s.

Ex. This tool enables people to click on the type of person they're having difficulty in choosing a gift for (e.g. mum, dad, granddad, grandma etc) and provides a selection of the most popular present for that person.

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* abuela materna = maternal grandmother.

* tía abuela = great-aunt.

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= grandmother, granny, gran, grandma.

Ex: If we can regard the card catalog as a tool that has been terrific and one about which our grandchildren going to the Smithsonian Institution will say, 'That's what my grandmother used in the olden days,' then we're on our way to letting it die with dignity = Si podemos considerar el catálogo de fichas como una herramienta que ha sido fabulosa y de la que nuestros nietos cuando vayan a la Institución Smithsoniana digan, "Esto es lo que mi abuela usaba antiguamente", entonces estamos empezando a dejarlo morir con dignidad.

Ex: An ambitious study of the interrelationships of folklore and literature, this book resuscitates the figure of the granny using oral history and fieldwork.

Ex: Bring back the paddling pool so that mothers and grans can safely take children for a cheap day out; picnic and paddle safely like we used to in the 40s and 50s.

Ex: This tool enables people to click on the type of person they're having difficulty in choosing a gift for (e.g. mum, dad, granddad, grandma etc) and provides a selection of the most popular present for that person.

* abuela materna = maternal grandmother.

* tía abuela = great-aunt.

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abuela sustantivo femenino
1 grandmother
familiar grandma, granny
2 figurado old woman: las abuelas se reúnen en la plaza a conversar, the elderly ladies gather in the square to have a chat
♦ Locuciones: no tener abuela, to blow one's own trumpet
'abuela' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dietario
- distraer
- mensual
- ocho
- remotamente
- tía
- yaya
- abuelo
- criar
- nana
- regalonear
English:
blow
- dead
- grandmother
- great-aunt
- inherit
- by
- grand
- great

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abuela

f

1 grandmother;

¡cuéntaselo a tu abuela! fam tell me another one fam, Br

pull the other one! fam ;

no tener abuela, no necesitar abuela fam be good at blowing one’s own trumpet

2 fam

persona mayor old lady

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abuela nf

1) : grandmother

2) : old woman

3)

¡tu abuela! fam : no way!, forget about it!

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abuela n grandmother / grandma / granny [pl. grannies]