viejo

old (having existed for a long time); old (having lived for many years); old (former, previous); stale (no longer novel or interesting)

“Se levanta del sillón, busca en un estante un disco viejo, de pasta, y lo pone en el combinado. —Un poco de música —dice.” — He gets out of the chair, looks on the shelf for an old record, made of plastic, and he puts it in the radiogram. "A little music," he says.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wet- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wétos Proto-Italic *wetos Latin vetus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Classical Latin vetulus Late Latin veclus Old Spanish viejo Spanish viejo Inherited from Old Spanish viejo, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus. Compare Leonese vieyo, Aragonese viello and Galician vello.

old person; old man (one's father); guy or man, especially an adult or a male close to adulthood; substitute for a male name (sweetheart, honey); male sexual companion or partner, occasional or stable; husband

“Mi viejo es un tipo que entra en cualquier sitio y modifica la atmósfera.” — My old man is a guy who can go into any place and change the atmosphere.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wet- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wétos Proto-Italic *wetos Latin vetus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Classical Latin vetulus Late Latin veclus Old Spanish viejo Spanish viejo Inherited from Old Spanish viejo, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus. Compare Leonese vieyo, Aragonese viello and Galician vello.