Family words in Spanish

Words for family members and other relatives in Spanish.

Key to abbreviations: m = male, f = female

	Spanish
family	la familia
parents	los padres
father	el padre papá
mother	la madre mamá
children	los hijos los niños
son	el hijo
daughter	la hija
husband	el marido el esposo
wife	la mujer la esposa
brother	el hermano
sister	la hermana
uncle	el tío
aunt	la tía
cousin	el primo (m) la prima (f)
nephews & nieces	los sobrinos
nephew	el sobrino
niece	la sobrina
grandparents	los abuelos
grandfather	el abuelo
grandmother	la abuela
grandchildren	los nietos
grandson	el nieto
granddaughter	la nieta
great grandfather	el bisabuelo
great grandmother	la bisabuela
great uncle	el tío abuelo
great aunt	la tía abuela
father-in-law	el suegro
mother-in-law	la suegra
brother-in-law	el cuñado
sister-in-law	la cuñada
uncle-in-law (aunt's husband)	el tío politico
aunt-in-law (uncle's wife)	la tía politica

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Spanish recordings by Francisco Valencia of Lyceum Español

Links

Romance Languages Vocabulary Lists: Family & Pets
http://www.ielanguages.com/romance_family.html

Family words in Romance languages

Italian, French, Occitan, Catalan, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Romanian

Family words in other languages

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