abuela

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

grandma, grandmother


Noun abuela f (plural abuelas, masculine abuelo, masculine plural abuelos)

  1. grandmother, female equivalent of abuelo
  2. (colloquial) old woman
  3. (Mexico) A kind of flying ant. (clarification of this definition is needed)

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License


Examples
  • Mary no podía creer que a Tom le gustara comer espinaca de niño - hasta el día en que la cortesía la obligó a probar las espinacas de su abuela. A partir de entonces, ¡tuvo un nuevo platillo favorito!

    Mary could not believe that Tom liked eating spinach as a child -- until the day that politeness forced her to try her grandmother's spinach. From then on, she had a new favorite dish!

  • Llamaré a mi abuela para ver si quería algo.

    I will call my grandmother to see whether or not she needs anything.

  • Soy muy amado por mi abuela.

    I am well loved by my grandmother.

  • Su abuela vivió hasta los ochenta y ocho años.

    Her grandmother lived to be eighty-eight years old.

  • Ella aprendió el arte de la cestería de su abuela.

    She learned the craft of basket weaving from her grandmother.

  • Yo nunca había comido ninguna clase de comida thai, así que estaba muy emocionado de ir a un restaurante thai con mi abuela.

    I had never eaten any kind of Thai food, so I was pretty excited about going to a Thai restaurant with my grandmother.

  • La abuela fue al mercado a comprar comida para la familia.

    Grandma went to the market to buy food for the family.

  • Mi abuela ha envejecido.

    My grandmother has become old.

  • Fui educado por mi abuela.

    I was brought up by my grandmother.

  • Fui criada por mi abuela.

    I was brought up by my grandmother.

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