old

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
2. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
3. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
4. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
5. Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
6. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
7. Of an earlier time.
8. Of an earlier time.
9. Of an earlier time.
10. Of an earlier time.
11. (UK) Of an earlier time.
12. Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
13. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
14. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
15. (informal) Indicating affection and familiarity.
16. Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
17. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.

Noun

1. (countable, invariable, plural, plural-only, uncountable) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
2. (countable, slang, uncountable) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
3. (countable, slang, uncountable) One's parents.
4. (Australia, uncountable) A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.

Conceptos

viejo

🧓

antiguo

🧓

vieja

anciano

usado

anciana

antigua

senil

gastado

abuela

valiente

antaño

anterior

anticuado

previo

precedente

añejo

añoso

cargado de años

decrépito

desgastado

deslucido

envejecido

raído

remoto

vetusto

🧓

fam

traposo

rotoso

pudrido

vieux

antigua viejo

caduco

de

delantero

envejecer

ex-

grueso

mayor

original

pasado

precario

pretérito

primero

primitivo

tener

andrajoso

Opuesto a

new

Sinónimos

ancient

aged

elderly

former

worn out

antique

decayed

decrepit

previous

used

antiquated

worn

outdated

experienced

great

old-fashioned

stale

dilapidated

past

long

archaic

elder

obsolete

senile

tough

old person

older

of long standing

rotten

age

not new

coarse

not tender

bygone

ragged

withered

big

outmoded

olden

infirm

old-time

venerable

mature

no good

🙅

superannuated

sometime

large

adult

🧑

senior

spoiled

Traducciones

vieux

🧓

alt

🧓

vecchio

🧓

ancien

🧓

oud

🧓

velho

🧓

vell

🧓

antico

vetus

🧓

âgé

🧓

eski

🧓

παλιός

anziano

vecchia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈəʊld/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: olde

Heredado de inglés antiguo: ald

Cognado con escocés: auld

Cognado con frisón septentrional: ool

Cognado con Saterfriesisch: oold

Cognado con frisón occidental: âld

Cognado con neerlandés: oud

Cognado con bajo alemán: old

Cognado con alemán: alt

Cognado con sueco: äldre

Cognado con islandés: eldri

Cognado con latín: altus

In summary

Inherited from Middle English old, oold, from Old English ald, eald (“old, aged, ancient, antique, primeval”), from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“grown-up”), originally a participle form, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós (“grown, tall, big”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aald, auld (“old”), Yola yola, yolaw, yold, yole (“old”), North Frisian ool, ual, üülj (“old”), Saterland Frisian oold (“old”), West Frisian âld (“old”), Alemannic German altu, oalt, oalts, olt, àltà (“old”), Bavarian oid (“old”), Central Franconian alt, aod, auw, oot (“old”), Cimbrian, German alt (“old”), Dutch oud, oudt (“old”), German Low German old, oolt (“old”), Luxembourgish al (“old”), Mòcheno òlt (“old”), Vilamovian aołd (“old”), Yiddish אַלט (alt, “old”), Danish ældre (“elderly”), Faroese eldri (“elder, older”), Icelandic aldinn (“old”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk eldre (“elderly”), Swedish äldre (“elderly”), Crimean Gothic alt (“old”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (alþeis, “old”), Latin altus (“high, tall, grown big, lofty”). Related to eld.

Oraciones

How old are you ?

¿Cuántos años tiene?

The old man knew how to read , and had already read the book .

El viejo sabía leer y ya había leído el libro.

The old man returned the book to the boy .

El anciano le devolvió el libro al niño.

He was such a jolly old bloke .

Robert Soto has been dancing since he was eight years old .

Robert Soto ha estado bailando desde que tenía ocho años.

The jolliest old woman !

¡La anciana más alegre!