abuela

/aˈbwela/, [aˈβ̞we.la], /aˈwela/, [aˈwe.la], /aˈɡwela/, [aˈɣ̞we.la]

grandma, grandmother


Examples
  • El bebé fue cuidado por su abuela.

    The baby was taken care of by its grandmother.

  • Estoy colgando una foto de mi abuela.

    I am hanging up a picture of my grandmother.

  • "¿Dónde está la abuela?" "Durmiendo en el sillón."

    "Where is Grandma?" "She's sleeping on the couch."

  • Mi abuela hablaba ansiosamente de los días felices de su infancia.

    My granny spoke longingly of the halcyon days of her childhood.

  • El chico visita a su abuela.

    The boy pays visit to his grandmother.

  • Yo pienso que la abuela de Tom es demasiado vieja para ponerse minifalda.

    I think Tom's grandmother is too old to wear a miniskirt.

  • La abuela corta el césped en el jardín.

    Grandmother mows the grass in the garden.

  • Mi abuela vivió hasta los noventa y cinco.

    My grandmother lived to be ninety-five years old.

  • La abuela bajó del autobús.

    The old lady got down from the bus.

  • Ella pasa tiempo con su abuela todos los domingos.

    She spends time with her grandmother every Sunday.

  • Mi abuela solía decir que llegaría a los cien años de edad, pero murió a los 85.

    My grandmother used to say that she would live to be a hundred, but she died at the age of 85.

  • Pasé el fin de semana con mi abuela.

    I spent the weekend with my grandma.

  • La abuela nos mandó una caja de manzanas.

    Grandmother sent us a box of apples.

  • Mi abuela solía usar mucho su máquina de coser hasta hace casi tres años.

    My grandmother used to use her sewing machine a lot up until about three years ago.

  • Fui criado por mi abuela.

    I was brought up by my grandmother.

  • Tom quiere comprar un reproductor de ocho pistas para poner en el auto que le regaló su abuela.

    Tom wants to buy an eight-track player to put in the car his grandmother gave him.

  • A ella la crió su abuela.

    She was brought up by her grandmother.

  • Yo obtuve estos aretes de mi abuela.

    I got these earrings from my grandmother.

  • Tu abuela es una dama encantadora.

    Your grandmother is a charming lady.

  • En Massachusetts no está permitido que un hombre se case con la abuela de su mujer.

    In Massachusetts, a man is not allowed to marry his wife's grandmother.


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