abuela

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish abuela. === Noun === abuela (plural abuelas) A Hispanic grandmother. Coordinate term: abuelo == Hiligaynon == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish abuela. === Noun === abuéla grandmother == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin aviola, diminutive from Latin avia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈbwela/ [aˈβ̞we.la] IPA(key): (dialectal) /aˈwela/ [aˈwe.la], /aˈɡwela/ [aˈɣ̞we.la] Rhymes: -ela Syllabification: a‧bue‧la === Noun === abuela f (plural abuelas, masculine abuelo, masculine plural abuelos) grandmother, female equivalent of abuelo (colloquial) old woman ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: abuela → Hiligaynon: abuéla → Papiamentu: wela === References === “abuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988), A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎[7], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 211 === Further reading === “abuelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025