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abuelo

abuelo noun: a Hispanic grandfather.

Noun

abuelo (plural abuelos)

  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

Forms of abuelo

pluralabuelos

Origin of abuelo

Borrowed from Spanish abuelo.

Questions about abuelo

What does abuelo mean?
Abuelo means a Hispanic grandfather.
What part of speech is abuelo?
Abuelo is a noun.
What is the plural of abuelo?
The plural of abuelo is abuelos.

Words near abuelo in the dictionary

  1. abuccos
  2. abud
  3. abuden
  4. abuela
  5. abuelas
  6. abuelo
  7. abuelos
  8. Abughazaleh
  9. abugida
  10. abugidas
  11. abugidic

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