abuelo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish abuelo. === Noun === abuelo (plural abuelos) A Hispanic grandfather. Coordinate term: abuela == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish abuelo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈbwelo/, [aˈbwe.lo] Hyphenation: a‧bue‧lo === Noun === abuelo (Zamboangueño) grandfather Synonyms: (Caviteño, Cotabateño, Ternateño) lolo, (Ternateño) agüelo ==== Related terms ==== abuela == Hiligaynon == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish abuelo. === Noun === abuélo grandfather == Spanish == === Alternative forms === agüelo (eye dialect) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish avuelo, from Vulgar Latin *av(i)olum, ultimately from Latin avus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈbwelo/ [aˈβ̞we.lo] IPA(key): (dialectal) /aˈwelo/ [aˈwe.lo], /aˈɡwelo/ [aˈɣ̞we.lo] Rhymes: -elo Syllabification: a‧bue‧lo === Noun === abuelo m (plural abuelos, feminine abuela, feminine plural abuelas) grandfather (colloquial, endearing, figurative) an elderly person loose tufts of hair in the nape when one's hair is messed up Synonym: tolano ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Chavacano: abuelo → English: abuelo → Hiligaynon: abuélo → Papiamentu: welo → Tagalog: abwelo === 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