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avó — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • grandfather noun The father of one's mother or father.
  • grandmother noun The mother of one's mother or father.
  • grandparent noun The parent of one's mother or father; a grandmother or grandfather.

Senses

avó is used for these senses in English:

  • th (mathematics) Used to form a term denoting the ordinal numeral corresponding to the value, being a natural number, of a mathematical expression.
  • grandfather (by extension) A male forefather.
  • grandmother A mother of someone's parent.
  • grandparent The parent of someone's parent.

grandfather — full definition

  1. noun The father of one's mother or father.
  2. verb To exempt someone or something from a new rule because they were already operating under the old one.

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