Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

avós paternos/ maternos

English translation:

paternal/maternal grandparents

Added to glossary by rhandler
Sep 17, 2006 20:45
17 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

avós paternos/ maternos

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Could anyone pls tell me how I can say "avós paternos/ maternos"? Tks a lot in advance!

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paternal/maternal grandparents

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PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS
In the painting, Kahlo based the portraits of her paternal grandparents on their photographs but modified her grandmother's features so that she bears a ...
www.thejewishmuseum.org/kahlo/gallery_theme.php?id=grandpar...

Births
Paternal grandparents are David and Friedel Barrett of Vincent. Maternal ... Paternal grandparents are Bill and Mary Headings of Plain City. Maternal ...
www.marysvillejt.com/births.htm

My Maternal Grandparents
My Maternal Grandparents. I do remember my maternal grandmother going over a bit of the family history. It was hard to keep in mind. ...
www.creativespirit.net/henryreed/photoalbum/page3.htm

Maternal Grandparents
Progenitors of Peter Benjamin WARD. Maternal Grandparents. Home | My Parents | Paternal Grandparents | Maternal Grandparents | Paternal Great Grandparents ...
http://mysite.verizon.net/xaoc/id3.html -
Peer comment(s):

agree Valérie Oliveira (X)
26 mins
Obrigado, valvic. Bom domingo!
neutral VdeMoor (X) : this translation is perhaps closer to the text (and shorter) but I would prefer "on father's side", "on mother's side"
35 mins
Obrigado, Belgoglot, bom domingo!// This is what was asked. The asker didn't ask for "avós pelo lado do pai/pelo lado da mãe".
agree Jorge Rodrigues
37 mins
Obrigado, Jorge. Bom domingo!
agree Fernando Domeniconi
2 hrs
Obrigado, Fernando. Bom domingo!
agree Flavia Martins dos Santos : agree
2 hrs
Obrigado, Flavia. Bom domingo!
agree Enza Longo : Thanks - Sunday's almost over for me, but it's been a good one!
3 hrs
Thank you, Enza. Have a nice Sunday! // A nice week for all!
agree Henrique Magalhaes
12 hrs
Obrigado, Henrique.
agree airmailrpl : Maternal and Paternal Grandparents
19 hrs
Obrigado, airmailrpl.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Tks a lot for the great help!"
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grandparents on the father's side...grandparents on the mother's side..

avós paternos/ maternos =>
grandparents on the father's side...grandparents on the mother's side..

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Note added at 18 mins (2006-09-17 21:03:22 GMT)
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1801-1802 FO429 (z1) Next are some questions about other family..
Which of your grandparents on your FATHER's side are still living? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Grandmother only 332 30.46 2 Grandfather only 75 6.88 3 Both ...
www.ssc.wisc.edu/nsfh/mod2/FOsibsgrandp2.txt

"What Are My Roots?" - Student Participation
That was my grandparents on my mothers side. I have another grandmother and grandfather. They come from Funen I dont know where they were born. ...
www.kidlink.org/english/wai/kidswork/roots10.html

Family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Relatives on the mother's side of the family have more descriptive terms, ... In Swedish, terms for grandparents differ on the mother's and father's sides: ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family

also:

Maternal and Paternal Grandparents

My Maternal Grandparents
My Maternal Grandparents. I do remember my maternal grandmother going over a bit of the family history. It was hard to keep in mind. ...
www.creativespirit.net/henryreed/photoalbum/page3.htm

My Paternal Grandparents
My Paternal Grandparents. In a rare photo of my dad's dad, taken in 1950, from left to right: Marion Franklin Reed, my grandfather, Sid Horn, husband to my ...
www.creativespirit.net/henryreed/photoalbum/page4.htm

Web definitions for paternal
belonging to or inherited from one's father; "spent his childhood on the paternal farm"; "paternal traits"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn



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Note added at 25 mins (2006-09-17 21:10:40 GMT)
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Results 1 - 10 of about 2,080,000 for grandparents on the mother's side.

Results 1 - 10 of about 477,000 for "maternal grandparents"

Results 1 - 10 of about 913,000 for grandparents on the father's side

Results 1 - 10 of about 422,000 for "Paternal Grandparents"



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