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