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Mia La Avo Al De Grandfather Sia Estas

The Esperanto word "avo" means "grandfather" and can also mean "old man" colloquially or derogatorily. The word originates from the Latin "avus".

La vorto "avo" en Esperanto signifas "grandfather" kaj ankaŭ povas signifi "old man" laŭ kolokva aŭ malestima maniero. La vorto devenas el la latina "avus".

Frequency Rank of Word 326
Word avo
Meanings
    grandfather
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grandfather

    (

    colloquial
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial
    , sometimes
    derogatory
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/derogatory
    )
    old
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/old
    man
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/man

Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
avus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avus#Latin
(grandfather, ancestor, old man), from
Proto-Indo-European
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language
*h₂éwh₂os
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h%E2%82%82%C3%A9wh%E2%82%82os
.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /ˈavo/
  • Rhymes:
    -avo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/avo
  • (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-avo.ogg
    )

Noun

avo (accusative singular

avon
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avon#Esperanto
, plural
avoj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avoj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
avojn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avojn#Esperanto
)

  1. grandfather
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grandfather
    Mia avo estas la patro de mia patro.My grandfather is the father of my father.
  2. (
    colloquial
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial
    , sometimes
    derogatory
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/derogatory
    )
    old
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/old
    man
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/man
    • 2009, “Fek al Esperanto! [Fuck Esperanto!]”, in Fek al Esperanto!
      [1]
      https://search.onb.ac.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=ONB_alma21224788040003338&context=L&vid=ONB&lang=de_DE&search_scope=ONB_gesamtbestand&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,fek%20al%20esperanto&sortby=rank
      , performed by La Pafklik:
      Mi parolas pri merda lingvo
      Elpensita de stulta avo
      I'm talking about a shitty language
      Thought up by a stupid old man

Derived terms

  • Avo Frosto
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Avo_Frosto#Esperanto

Related terms

  • avinjo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avinjo#Esperanto
  • avino
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avino#Esperanto
  • avoĉjo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avo%C4%89jo#Esperanto
  • geavoj
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/geavoj#Esperanto
  • praavino
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praavino#Esperanto
  • praavo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praavo#Esperanto
  • prageavoj
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prageavoj#Esperanto

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