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Meaning of "viejo" in the Spanish dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VIEJO

La palabra viejo procede del latín vulgar vĕclus, la cual a su vez procede del latín vetŭlus.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF VIEJO IN SPANISH

vie · jo


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VIEJO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Viejo can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VIEJO MEAN IN SPANISH?

Senior

The term old age is an anthropic-social term that refers to the population of the elderly or elderly. At this stage the body is deteriorating and, therefore, is synonymous with old age and old age. This is a population group that is 65 years of age or older. Today, the term is no longer used by professionals and is more commonly used the term older people and older adult. It is the seventh and last stage of life happening after this death. This age group has been growing in the population pyramid or age distribution in the population structure, mainly due to the low mortality rate by improving the quality and life expectancy of many countries. Living conditions for the elderly are especially difficult, as they quickly lose opportunities for work, social activity and socialization, and in many cases feel deferred and excluded.

Definition of viejo in the Spanish dictionary

The first definition of old in the dictionary of the real academy of the Spanish language is said of the old person. Commonly it can be understood that it is old that turned 70 years. Another meaning of old in the dictionary is said of animals in the same case, especially those that are of domestic service and use. Old is also old or past time.

SPANISH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VIEJO

aniejo · azulejo · bermejo · cangrejo · complejo · concejo · conejo · consejo · cornejo · cotejo · dejo · espejo · festejo · manejo · parejo · pendejo · piejo · reflejo · reviejo · tejo

SPANISH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VIEJO

viedmense · vieira · vieja · viejales · viejarrón · viejarrona · viejera · viejita · viejorrón · viejurga · viejurgo · viene viene · vienense · vienés · vienesa · viento · vientre · viequensa · viequense · viernes

SPANISH WORDS THAT END LIKE VIEJO

añejo · anejo · aparejo · bosquejo · callejo · capitanejo · castillejo · catalejo · cortejo · entrecejo · marmolejo · mollejo · nejo · ovejo · pellejo · perplejo · quejo · realejo · salmorejo · verdejo

Synonyms and antonyms of viejo in the Spanish dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VIEJO» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words have a similar or identical meaning as «viejo» and belong to the same grammatical category.

ANTONYMS OF «VIEJO» IN SPANISH

The following Spanish words mean the opposite of «viejo» and also belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «viejo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VIEJO

Find out the translation of viejo to 25 languages with our Spanish multilingual translator.

The translations of viejo from Spanish to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «viejo» in Spanish.

In the following section you can check the translations of viejo in the Spanish-English dictionary.
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viejo
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old
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पुराना
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قديم
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старый
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velho
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পুরাতন
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vieux
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lama
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古いです
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늙은
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lawas
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பழைய
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जुन्या
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eski
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vecchio
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stary
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старий
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vechi
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παλαιός
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ou
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gammal
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gammel
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SPANISH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

viejo
viejo-1 
  old ; long-standing ; age-old ; olde ; hoary ; senile ; timeworn ; long-time [longtime].
 These circumvent many of the problems that must be tackled in subject indexing such as the emergence of new terms and new meanings for old words.
 The struggle to make the library an integral part of the educational process is a long-standing one which has yet to be resolved.
 The current environment in higher education is providing an opportunity for librarians to define a future that will ensure their central role in the educational process and thus resolve these remaining age-old questions.
 The article 'Ye olde smart card' presents an annotated list of information sources on the credit card industry.
 I know this is a rather hoary topic, but I am going to mention it again.
 However, the advertisements were not found to support the societal stereotypes that the aged are inflexible, senile, physically deteriorated, and dependent.
 In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.
 The late James Bennet Childs, one-time head of Descriptive Cataloging at LC and long-time documents specialist, has often pointed out how the quality of documents cataloging went downhill after the special cataloging unit was abolished.
cada vez más viejo 
aging [ageing]
 The library director and the architect cooperated to preserve the distinctness of an aging building while providing the public with up-to-the-minute services.
coche viejo  
lemon
jalopy
 The California Lemon Law act applies not only to defective cars (or 'lemons') but recreational vehicles as well.
 For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.
de la vieja guardia 
old-style
 Until Groome appeared, city officials were chosen not so much for their ability to administer the affairs of their offices as for who they knew; hence, old-style machine politics with its accompanying corruption found a congenial atmosphere in which to operate.
desde los viejos tiempos 
since olden times
 Since olden times there has been a weathercock on the back roof of the cathedral which it is said to serve as protection from the devil.
hacerse viejo    
grow + old
grow + older
get + old
get + older
 Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old; You grow old because you stop laughing.
 This has been the case with newspapers which suddenly find that their audiences are both growing older and dwindling in size and they are facing great difficulty appealing to the new electronic generation.
 The best thing about getting old is you're not responsible for remembering things anymore.
 The changing name form problem is one that plagues us as our catalogs get older.
las viejas costumbres no se pierden fácilmente 
old habits die hard
 It's become painfully obvious to me that old habits die hard, and I'll be honest - it scares the hell out of me.
las viejas costumbres son difíciles de erradicar 
old habits die hard
 It's become painfully obvious to me that old habits die hard, and I'll be honest - it scares the hell out of me.
loro viejo no aprende a hablar  [Proverbio]
you can't teach an old dog new tricks
 The article is entitled 'Rewiring a working library or teaching an old dog new tricks'.
los viejos tiempos 
the good old days
 This book explains why 'the good old days' were only good for a privileged few and why they were unrelentingly hard for most.
más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo    
there's no substitute for experience
experience is the best teacher
wisdom comes with age
with age comes wisdom
 The old axiom 'there's no substitute for experience' still rings true.
 Experience is the best teacher and none can deny it.
 I think it's time we dispel the untruth that 'wisdom comes with age'.
 We've all heard the adage that with age comes wisdom, but now science is backing up the claim.
más viejo que Matusalén  
as old as Methuselah
as old as the hills
 Bible controversy is as old as Methuselah.
 These stories are as old as the hills and have been passed down from generation to generation.
morir de viejo 
die of + old age
 The article is entitled 'The library movement: dying of old age at thirty: a personal view'.
Posesivo + viejas costumbres 
Posesivo + old ways
 The rest of us can only content ourselves with silly attempts to change, only to default to our old ways.
Posesivo + viejos hábitos 
Posesivo + old ways
 The rest of us can only content ourselves with silly attempts to change, only to default to our old ways.
ropa vieja  [Plato preparado principalmente con los restos de verduras y carne de otras comidas]
bubble and squeak
 Bubble and squeak is a triumph of thriftiness in that it uses leftover vegetables and meat.
vieja costumbre 
old habit
 This failure was to be expected, for Petrodar had not changed the old habits of appropriating land without paying compensation during the war years.
vieja escuela, la 
old school, the
 The director of the library is from the 'old school' retaining all decision-making power.
vieja guardia, la  [Expresión generalmente acompañada del artículo]
old guard, the
 The article presents a discussion of a small successful publisher which has published books on environmentalism, 'old guard' liberalism, and books dealing with the experiences of African Americans.
viejas costumbres nunca desaparecen, las 
old ways never die, the
 But thankfully the old ways never die, just think about stone engraving, calligraphy, horseback riding, and wood-burning fireplaces.
viejo amigo  
old friend
old buddy
 To take an obvious example, in a new catalog how does our old friend the main entry fare?.
 A couple had only been married for two weeks and the husband, although very much in love, couldn't wait to go out on the town and party with his old buddies.
viejo amor 
old flame
 In this novel, if you remember, Henry Crawford, having been refused by the heroine Fanny, goes off and elopes with an old flame, Mrs Rushworth.
viejo estúpido 
old coot
 Cuz they know that old coot constantly contradicts himself and makes no sense whatsoever.
Viejo Mundo, el 
Old World, the
 Yet, the abundant notarial records in these provincial archives provide an unrivalled opportunity to trace the connections between the Old and New Worlds = No obstante, el gran número de registros notariales en estos archivos provinciales nos proporciona una oportunidad única para encontrar las conexiones entre el Viejo y el Nuevo Mundo.
viejo orden, el 
old order, the
 We stand on the threshold of an age whose convulsions proclaim alike the death pangs of the old order and the birth pangs of the new.
viejos tiempos, los 
good old days, the
 Those were the good old days and now they have gone forever.
vino viejo en pellejos nuevos 
old wine in new bottles
 The article 'Cataloguing vs. metadata: old wine in new bottles?' identifies some of the fundamental differences between traditional cataloguing activity and metadata.
viejo
viejo-2 
  old geezer ; oldtimer [old-timer] ; old man ; wrinkly [wrinklies, -pl.] ; a bit/little long in the tooth.
 'Old geezer!' exclaimed Carpozzi, staggered, dumbfounded.
 Throughout the book, he demonstrates how racial tensions often overshadowed class and cultural differences between oldtimers and newcomers.
 The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
 These wrinklies are the wise men who have been to hell and back.
 Training would be needed for the reception staff, who all said they were a bit long in the tooth for learning how to use a computer.
el viejo 
the elder
 In about 1755, however, James Whatman the elder made some paper with moulds of which the mesh was woven like cloth.
Plinio el Viejo 
Pliny the Elder
 For example, Pliny the Elder describes a Carthaginian expedition to the Canaries.
Posesivo + viejo  [Forma cariñosa de referirse al padre de alguien]
Posesivo + old man
 Though my old man's a dustman he's got a heart of gold.
viejo chocho  
dodderer
old fart
 He plays the part of an old dodderer of 80, with an ear trumpet.
 Old farts are everywhere, and they bring with them the ghosts of the past - ghosts that are long dead and need to remain so.
viejo gruñón   viejo lobo de mar   viejo pelmazo  viejo pesado  viejo verde     [A veces escrito letch] viejo veterano 
grumpy old man
grumpy old sod
old sea dog
old salty dog
old fart
old fart
dirty old man
lecher
old lecher
lech
war horse
 The idea of male menopause (andropause) - or grumpy old men syndrome - has been steadily gaining ground in recent years.
 One of the few consolations of getting old is you are allowed to be a 'grumpy old sod'.
 According to Kimball, the mathematics of light rays explains some subtle sailing tips that old sea dogs pick up through years of experience = Según Kimball, las matemáticas de los rayos de luz explican algunos argucias de navegación que los viejos lobos de mar adquieren a lo largo de años de experiencia.
 Well since the restaurant was down by the piers and loading docks I suppose you could say the restaurant was for old salty dogs.
 Old farts are everywhere, and they bring with them the ghosts of the past - ghosts that are long dead and need to remain so.
 Old farts are everywhere, and they bring with them the ghosts of the past - ghosts that are long dead and need to remain so.
 He is one of those dirty old men who married a younger woman from a third world country.
 And she was kind to him which is more than an aging drunken lecher like Peng could normally hope for.
 Does an old lecher like you deserve a woman's love?.
 And Zev is kind of funny sometimes but he's such a lech that he's starting to annoy me.
 She hates being described as a war-horse next to Kelly the filly, but she has had 20 more years of political experience.

Trends of use of viejo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VIEJO»

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Examples of use in the Spanish literature, quotes and news about viejo

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10 SPANISH QUOTES WITH «VIEJO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word viejo.
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Alfred De Musset
Las canas no hacen más viejo al hombre cuyo corazón no tiene edad.
2
Charles Dickens
Es destino de un viejo solitario que aquellos que le rodean se crean nuevos y distintos y le abandonen.
3
Cicerón
Aparta un amor viejo con un amor nuevo, como un clavo saca a otro clavo.
4
Cicerón
Esfuérzate para llegar a ser viejo con tiempo, si deseas ser viejo durante mucho tiempo.
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Cicerón
Nadie es tan viejo que no crea poder vivir otro año más.
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Confucio
Quien volviendo a hacer el camino viejo aprende el nuevo, puede considerarse un maestro.
7
Henry-Louis Mencken
Cuanto más viejo me hago, más desconfío de la creencia general de que la vejez trae sabiduría.
8
John Knittel
Se es viejo cuando se tiene más alegría por el pasado que por el futuro.
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Jonathan Swift
Todo el mundo quisiera vivir largo tiempo, pero nadie querría ser viejo.
10
León Tolstoi
La ley es como la veleta de un viejo campanario, que varía según sopla el viento.

10 SPANISH PROVERBS WITH THE WORD «VIEJO»

Al buey viejo, múdale el pajar y dará el pellejo.
Hombre cano, ni viejo ni sabio.
Morirá el viejo, y darte ha el pellejo.
Viejo es Pedro para cabrero.
A buey viejo, pasto tierno.
A fullero viejo, flores nuevas.
A rocín viejo, cabezada nueva.
Al buey viejo no cates abrigo.
Buen vino y sopas hervidas, le alargan al viejo la vida.
Cuando uno va para viejo, es más fácil pillar una liebre que un conejo.

10 SPANISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VIEJO»

Discover the use of viejo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to viejo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Spanish literature.
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El viejo y la niña: Comedia en tres actos
Comedia en tres actos Leandro Fernández de Moratín. que Do« Juan con Isábel dándole nosotros tiempo, . tenga muchas conferencias: y hoy para darme torment» ese diablo de ese Ingles quiere entregarme el dinero de las lanas ; fuí allá, ...
Leandro Fernández de Moratín, 1820
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El viejo celoso
Cierto dia el viejo celoso olvida pasar la llave de su casa y Lorenza su mujer infiel sale a la calle y habla con Ortigoza, su vecina.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, 2012
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El Romancero viejo
Los romances, transmitidos de generacion en generacion por via oral, son breves poemas epicos y liricos cuyo origen se remonta a los antiguos cantares de gesta. Una vez redactados, aseguraron su supervivencia en todo el ambito hispanico.
Mercedes Díaz Roig, 1976
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El Viejo Mundo y el Nuevo (1492-1650)
John H. Elliott ha realizado contribuciones de primera magnitud a la historia de la Peninsula Iberica durante los siglos XVI y XVII.
John Huxtable Elliott, 2000
5
Bombas: teoría, diseño y aplicaciones
Por ello, se presentan nuevos materiales necesarios para bombas de proceso pesado Código API y las normas UL y FM, así como bombas ANSI para la industria química.La obra está destinada para usarse en los cursos que se imparten en las ...
Manuel Viejo Zubicaray, 2003
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Gringo Viejo
En 1913, el escritor norteamericano Ambrose Bierce, misántropo, periodista de la cadena Hearst y autor de hermosos cuentos sobre la Guerra de Secesión, se despidió de sus amigos con algunas cartas en las que, desmitiendo su reconocido ...
Carlos Fuentes, 2013
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Lunes con mi viejo pastor
Lunes con mi viejo pastor surge de una experiencia real del autor: «Este libro nació a lo largo de un proceso. En ocasiones logré empapar la pluma en el corazón de Dios, pero en otras, la tinta fue sangre que brotó de mis heridas».
José Navajo, 2011
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Romancero viejo
En este volumen se recogen variadas y escogidas muestras de nuestro más tradicional romancero viejo: los amores y desdichas de don Rodrigo, los presagios de doña Alda, los trabajos del Cid o las cuitas de un prisionero.
María De los Hitos Hurtado, 1997
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Palabras de Opoton el Viejo: crónica mexicana del siglo XVI
Divertidísima novela en la que, parodiando el estilo de las viejas crónicas de la conquista, Artís-Gener ironiza sobre la psicología de españoles y mexicanos volteando con delicioso humor la referencia histórica
Avel·lí Artís-Gener, 1992
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El viejo y el mar:
Ernest Hemingway. —Uno el primer día. Uno el segundo y dos el tercero. —Muy bueno. —Ahora pescaremos juntos otra vez. —No. No tengo suerte. Yo ya no tengo suerte. —Al diablocon la suerte —dijo el muchacho—. Yo llevaré la suerte  ...
Ernest Hemingway, 1969

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VIEJO»

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Detienen a un agresor sexual en Colmenar Viejo gracias a las ...
Agentes de la Guardia Civil han detenido a un hombre por agredir sexualmente a una mujer mientras paseaba con su perro en Colmenar Viejo, ha informado la ... «El Mundo, Sep 16»
2
Un tremendo socavón en el Puente Viejo de Florencia engulle a 20 ...
La apertura de un enorme socavón a orillas del río Arno cerca del famoso Puente Viejo en el centro de la ciudad italiana de Florencia ha engullido a veinte ... «El Confidencial, May 16»
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El secreto del gato más viejo del mundo: 30 años comiendo pollo a ...
Scooter, el gato de 30 años más viejo del mundo - Guinness World Records ABC.ES 14/05/2016 17:51h - Actualizado: 14/05/2016 17:52h. Guardado en: El ... «ABC.es, May 16»
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Tiene 30 años y es el gato más viejo del mundo
Scooter, sin embargo, no es el gato más viejo de todos los tiempos según los récords Guinness. Esa marca le pertenece a otro gato de Texas, que vivió hasta ... «Clarín.com, May 16»
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Muere el considerado como el perro más viejo del mundo
En Australia residía un animal excepcional por ser estar considerado como "el perro más viejo del mundo". Maggie, que así se llamaba el ejemplar, era una ... «Información, Apr 16»
6
Los primeros casos de sarampión aparecen en Puente Viejo
Elías le pide a Camila una respuesta a la propuesta de fuga que le planteó la noche anterior. Entonces, aparecen en Camila síntomas de que ha contraído el ... «Antena 3 Noticias, Apr 16»
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¡Viva Puente Viejo!
Tras la llegada de la luz, Puente Viejo es una fiesta. Música, espectáculos, y bailes se dan cita en la plaza del pueblo. Es la ocasión perfecta para recordar los ... «Antena 3 Noticias, Feb 16»
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Muere con 112 años el hombre más viejo del mundo
Koide nació el 13 de marzo de 1903 y fue nombrado el pasado mes de agosto como el hombre vivo más viejo del mundo tras la muerte del también japonés ... «20minutos.es, Jan 16»
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Un juez permite que la fiesta de Oro Viejo se celebre pese a la ...
Los promotores de la fiesta de Oro Viejo, Move Your Body, y el dueño de la marca, Dj Nano, podrán celebrar finalmente su macrofiesta el el Palacio de ... «ABC.es, Dec 15»
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Teresa Viejo: "Llegué al plató de 'La mañana' y me dije : 'Sé tú misma'"
A Teresa Viejo –recalca que es una escritora que "de vez en cuando" hace periodismo– le gusta decir que ha vuelto a TVE para un ratito, el que ocupa en la ... «El Periódico, Sep 15»

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