viejo. 'viejo'. This adjective means 'old, aged'. For example, 'el hombre viejo tiene como ochenta años, y está loco' / 'The old man is about eighty years old and he is crazy'. Viejo.
viejo, -a
adjective
1.
old
(persona, aparato)
- está muy viejo, -a para su edad -> he looks very old for his age
- hacerse viejo, -a -> to get o grow old
- esa ropa te hace más viejo, -a -> those clothes make you look older
2.
old
(antiguo)
- un viejo, -a conocido -> an old acquaintance
masculine or feminine noun
3.
old man, (f) old lady
(anciano)
- los viejos -> the elderly
- los viejos del pueblo -> the old people in the village
- llegar a viejo, -a -> to live to be an old man
- viejo, -a verde -> dirty old man
4.
old man, (f) old girl
(informal) (padre, madre)
- mis viejos -> my folks
also:
- viejo, -a de Pascua -> Father Christmas (Am)
feminine noun
6.
woman
(informal) (mujer, chica) (Colombian Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish)
, bird (British)
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viejo [ve-ah’-oh, hah]
- a -> 1. Old, stricken in years. 2. Ancient, antiquated. 3. Applied to a youth of judgment and knowledge beyond his years.
- Cuentos de viejas -> old woman's stories
- Perro viejo -> (Coll.) a keen, clever, experienced person; old dog
- Viejo como el mundo -> as old as the hills
- Hacerse viejo -> to grow old
noun
1.
Old person. (f)
2.
Mi viejo, my dad. (f)
viejoa vieja
adjetivo
1 (de mucha edad) old
hacerse o ponerse viejo to grow old; get old; de viejo me gustaría vivir junto al mar when I'm old, I'd like to live by the sea
viejo como el mundo as old as the hills
más viejo que el cagar bloody ancient (muy_familiar)
3 (usado) old
tiraré todos los zapatos viejos I'll throw all my old shoes away; ropa vieja old clothes
plural
; (p) (de segunda mano) secondhand clothes plural
; (p) librería de viejo secondhand bookshop; zapatero de viejo cobblerse cae de viejo it's falling to bits o pieces
1 (persona mayor) old man/old woman
los viejos the elderly; old people; el Viejo de Pascua (Latinoamérica) Father Christmas
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