abuela

From Spanish abuela.

abuéla

1. grandmother

From Late Latin aviola, diminutive from Latin avia.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbwela/ [aˈβ̞we.la]

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  • Syllabification: a‧bue‧la
• IPA^(key): (dialectal) /aˈwela/ [aˈwe.la], /aˈɡwela/ [aˈɣ̞we.la]
• Rhymes: -ela

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

1. grandmother, female equivalent of abuelo
2. (colloquial) old woman

The noun abuelo is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.

• → Hiligaynon: abuéla
• → Papiamentu: wela

• “abuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 211

• “abuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014