bisabuelo
/bisaˈβwelo/
el
noun
B2
el (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- plural
- los bisabuelos
Meaning
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great-grandfather
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Mi bisabuelo nació en 1920.
My great-grandfather was born in 1920.
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Similar words
bisabuelo is "great-grandfather"; tatarabuelo is one generation further back, "great-great-grandfather" — easy to mix up the prefixes.
Similar in other languages
German
Urgroßvater is the German word for the same thing — both mean "great-grandfather."
Practice
1 What does bisabuelo mean?
great-grandfather
2 Fill the gap: Mi ___ nació en 1920.
Full sentence: Mi bisabuelo nació en 1920. (My great-grandfather was born in 1920.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches bisabuelo?
bisabuelo: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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