viejo

== Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish viejo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbjexo/, [ˈbje.xo] Hyphenation: vie‧jo === Adjective === viejo (feminine vieja) old (of a person or animal) === Noun === viejo old man Coordinate term: vieja == Ladino == === Alternative forms === vyejo === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish viejo, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvjeʒo/ === Adjective === viejo old == Old Spanish == === Alternative forms === vyejo === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈβjeʒo/ === Adjective === viejo (feminine vieja, masculine plural viejos, feminine plural viejas) old c. 1200, La Fazienda de Ultramar, fol 8v c. 1240, Los Fueros de Cáceres, pag. 6 ==== Descendants ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish viejo, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus. Compare Leonese vieyo, Aragonese viello and Galician vello. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbjexo/ [ˈbje.xo] Rhymes: -exo Syllabification: vie‧jo === Adjective === viejo (feminine vieja, masculine plural viejos, feminine plural viejas, superlative viejísimo, diminutive viejito) (of an object) old (having existed for a long time) Synonyms: antiguo, añejo Antonym: nuevo (of a person or animal) old (having lived for many years) Synonyms: anciano, mayor Antonym: joven Mi abuelo es viejo. ― My grandfather is old. (prepositive) old (former, previous) Synonyms: anterior, antiguo stale (no longer novel or interesting) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === viejo m (plural viejos, feminine vieja, feminine plural viejas) old person Synonyms: anciano, (euphemistic) adulto mayor (slang) old man (one's father) (Mexico) guy or man, especially an adult or a male close to adulthood (Mexico) substitute for a male name (sweetheart, honey) (Mexico) male sexual companion or partner, occasional or stable; husband ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “viejo”, 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