Spanisch | Englisch |
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abuela noun | grandma [grandmas](grandmother (informal)) |
abuela noun {f} | grandmother [grandmothers](mother of someone's parent) grandparent [grandparents](parent of one's parent) |
abuela materna noun {f} | maternal grandmother [maternal grandmothers](The mother of one's mother) |
abuela paterna noun {f} | paternal grandmother(one's father's mother) |
abuela política noun | grandmother-in-law(grandmother of one's spouse) |
abuelastra noun {f} | stepgrandmother(stepmother of one's parent and wife of one's grandfather) |
abuelastro noun {m} | stepgrandfather(stepfather of one's parent and husband of one's grandmother, and not one's biological grandfather) |
bisabuela noun {f} | great-grandmother(mother of one's grandparent) great-grandparent(parent of a grandparent) |
éramos pocos y parió la abuela preposition | out of the frying pan, into the fire(get from an already bad situation to a worse one) |
si mi abuela tuviera ruedas phrase | if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle(proverb) |
tatarabuela noun {f} | great-great-grandmother(The mother of someone’s great-grandparent) |
tía-abuela noun {f} | great-aunt(aunt of one’s parent) |
y la abuela phrase | and a partridge in a pear tree(used at the end of a list of items to emphasize its length) |