abuelo

When they were living in the slums of San Juan, her grandfather started an organization of tobacco workers, which had not existed previously in Puerto Rico: The men would come to our house and discuss salaries, and my abuelo was a real leader.

Latina Power!

For example, the word grandfather, which is "abuelo" (which I am) could also be translated as "abuelito".

The diminutive in Spanish in Mexico

For example, the word grandfather, which is "abuelo" (which I am) could also be translated as "abuelito".

The diminutive in Spanish in Mexico

For example, the word grandfather, which is "abuelo" (which I am) could also be translated as "abuelito".

The diminutive in Spanish in Mexico

Here, the participants in the ceremony will sit and inhale the hot fumes of el abuelo humo—“grandfather smoke.”

Down and Delirious in Mexico City

My abuelo passed away almost two and a half years ago (hard to believe — it still feels so recent in my mind and heart), but my abuela is in her 90s and lives in South Florida right near my parents.

Mind over matter

Here, the participants in the ceremony will sit and inhale the hot fumes of el abuelo humo—“grandfather smoke.”

Down and Delirious in Mexico City

Here, the participants in the ceremony will sit and inhale the hot fumes of el abuelo humo—“grandfather smoke.”

Down and Delirious in Mexico City

One of them looks like a bleached photograph of her abuelo Ramón; another resembles her sword boy, though aged by twenty years.

The Lady Matador’s Hotel

“This one is good,” abuelo gave as his professional judgment.

Archive 2010-03-01