vejete
See also: vějete
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
vejete (Cyrillic spelling вејете)
- second-person plural present of vejati
Spanish
Alternative forms
- viejete (informal)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈxete/ [beˈxe.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: ve‧je‧te
Noun
vejete m or f by sense (plural vejetes)
- elderly person
- 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 74:
- Cuando salgo, le pregunto al vejete si tienen teléfono: hay uno al lado de una máquina tragaperras.
- When I leave, I ask the old guy if they have a telephone. There's one next to the slot machine.
- codger
- (theater, stock character) old fool, a ridiculous old person
Further reading
- “vejete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024