viejo
Appearance
Ladino
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Spanish vieio, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]viejo (Latin spelling)
- old
- 2019, Şeli GAON, “Viyaje A Andalusia - 2”, in Şalom[1]:
- La maale de los djudyos se topa en el sentro de la sivdad vyeja, toda la kaleja golyendo al miskle de flores, las plasas kon las pisinas, los arvoles de portokales kon los kortijos finos avyertos para ke los turistos vijiten.
- The Jewish district is located in the center of the old city, the whole street smelling of a mixture of flowers, the plazas with the swimming pools, the orange trees with the fine open patios for the tourists to visit.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish vieio, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus. Compare Leonese vieyo, Aragonese viello and Galician vello.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]viejo (feminine vieja, masculine plural viejos, feminine plural viejas, superlative viejísimo)
- old (having existed for a long time)
- 2012, Jorge Accame, Forastero, SUDAMERICANA, →ISBN:
- Se levanta del sillón, busca en un estante un disco viejo, de pasta, y lo pone en el combinado. —Un poco de música —dice.
- He gets out of the chair, looks on the shelf for an old record, made of plastic, and he puts it in the radiogram. "A little music," he says.
- old (having lived for many years)
- 2014, Victor Muñoz, La noche del 9 de febrero, Punto de Lectura, →ISBN:
- También hay un profesor viejo que se ha vuelto sabio a raíz de vivir mucho tiempo y de escuchar y contar historias.
- There's also an old professor who has grown wise as a result of living a long time and listening to and telling stories.
- (before the noun) old (former, previous)
- 2016, Leo Babauta, El gran libro de los hábitos zen, Mestas Ediciones, →ISBN:
- Si permaneces en tu antiguo entorno, tus viejos hábitos serán mucho más difíciles de cambiar.
- If you remain in your old surroundings, your old habits will be much more difficult to change.
- stale (no longer novel or interesting)
Usage notes
[edit]- The comparative form of viejo is mayor.
Derived terms
[edit](diminutive viejito)
- a la vieja usanza (“good old-fashioned”)
- buey viejo surco derecho
- cabeza del viejo
- Cumbre Vieja
- de viejo
- indio viejo
- más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo
- más viejo que Carracuca
- más viejo que Cascorro
- más viejo que la tana
- más viejo que la tos
- más viejo que mear de pie
- perro viejo
- por los viejos tiempos
- ropa vieja
- vieja escuela
- viejo de monte
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]viejo m (plural viejos, feminine vieja, feminine plural viejas)
- an old person
- Synonyms: anciano, (euphemism) adulto mayor
- (slang) old man (one's father)
- 2000, Eduardo Bakchellian, El error de ser argentino, Editorial Galerna, →ISBN, page 75:
- Mi viejo es un tipo que entra en cualquier sitio y modifica la atmósfera.
- My old man is a guy who can go into any place and change the atmosphere.
- (Mexico) a guy or man, especially an adult or a male close to adulthood
- Me gusta el viejo de bigote.
- I like the guy with the moustache.
- Los tacos más ricos son los del viejo de camisa negra.
- The most delicious tacos are those from the guy with the black shirt.
- No quiero viejos groseros en mi fiesta.
- I do not want rude men in my party.
- (Mexico) sweetheart, honey (substitute for a male name)
- Ya regresé, viejo.
- I'm back, dear.
- (Mexico) a male sexual companion or partner, occasional or stable; husband
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “viejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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