La familia Vocabulary
el antepasado — ancestor
el/la bisabuelo/a — great-grandfather/great-grandmother
el/la cuñado/a — brother-in-law/sister-in-law
el/la esposo/a — husband/wife
el/la hermano/a — brother/sister
el/la hermanastro/a — stepbrother/stepsister
el/la hijo/a único/a — only child
la madrastra — stepmother
el/la medio/a hermano/a — half brother/sister
el/la nieto/a — grandson/granddaughter
la nuera — daughter-in-law
el padrastro — stepfather
el/la primo/a — cousin
el/la sobrino/a — nephew/niece
el/la suegro/a — father-in-law/mother-in-law
el/la tío/a (abuelo/a) — (great) uncle/aunt
el yerno — son-in-law
agradecer — to thank
apoyar(se) — to support (each other)
criar — to raise (children)
independizarse — to become independent
lamentar — to regret
malcriar — to spoil
mimar — to pamper
mudarse — to move
pelear(se) — to fight (with one another)
quejarse (de) — to complain (about)
regañar — to scold
respetar — to respect
superar — to overcome
el carácter — character, personality
(bien) educado/a — well-mannered
egoísta — selfish
estricto/a — strict
exigente — demanding
honrado/a — honest
insoportable — unbearable
maleducado/a — ill-mannered
mandón/mandona — bossy
rebelde — rebellious
sumiso/a — submissive
unido/a — close-knit
el apodo — nickname
la ascendencia — heritage
la autoestima — self-esteem
la brecha generacional — generation gap
la comprensión — understanding
la patria — homeland
el prejuicio social — social prejudice
la raíz — root
el sexo — gender
heredar — to inherit
parecerse — to resemble, to look like
realizarse — to become true
sobrevivir — to survive
la adolescencia — adolescence
el/la adolescente — adolescent
el/la adulto/a — adult
la edad adulta — adulthood
la juventud — youth
la muerte — death
el nacimiento — birth
la niñez — childhood
el/la niño/a — child
la vejez — old age
esposos — spouses
marido — husband
esposa — wife
mujer — woman
yerno — son-in-law
hijo político — son-in-law (literally “political son”)
nuera — daughter-in-law
hija política — daughter-in-law (literally “political daughter”)
apodo — nickname
sobrenombre — nickname
edad adulta — adulthood
madurez — maturity
sexo — gender
género — gender