viejo
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- an old person
- (slang) old man one's father
- (Mexico) a certain guy or man, especially adult or almost
- (Mexico) sweetheart, honey (substitute for a male name)
- (Mexico) a male sexual companion or partner, occasional or stable; husband
Etymology
Inherited from Latin veclus, vetulus (little old).
Origin
Latin
vetulus
Gloss
little old
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Vetulonia Latin
- veclus Latin
- vetulus Latin
- vetus Latin
- vecchio Italian
- veglio Italian
- envejecer Spanish, Castilian
- matar Spanish, Castilian
- mataviejos Spanish, Castilian
- vejete Spanish, Castilian
- viejecito Spanish, Castilian
- viejete Spanish, Castilian
- *wet- Proto-Indo-European
- *wétos Proto-Indo-European
- velho Portuguese
- viel Old French
- envellir Catalan, Valencian
- revell Catalan, Valencian
- vell Catalan, Valencian
- vechi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vello Old Portuguese
- veclju Aromanian
- vegl Romansh
- vieyu Asturian
- vieli Friulian
- vielh Old Occitan
- vecchiu Sicilian
- vecio Venetian
- bieu Papiamentu
- vêgio Ligurian
- vieclo Dalmatian
- viejo Ladino
- bedju Kabuverdianu
- viecchio Neapolitan
- viecio Istriot
- bedju Guinea-Bissau Creole
- bielho Mirandese
- vegg Lombard
- veggia Lombard