Genealogy Terms
República Dominicana
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Palabras
en español traducidas al inglés de interés para el
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B | C | D | E | F |
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A
| abuelastra |
step-grandmother |
| abuelastro |
step-grandfather |
| adelantado |
colonial discoverer |
| ado |
adopted |
| adúltero |
adulterer |
| ajeno (ageno) |
another's; foreign; strange |
| albacea |
will executor |
| alcaldía mayor |
civil official |
| alférez |
standard bearer of a town or expedition |
| alojado |
lodger |
| ama de cria |
foster mother |
| amparo |
spaniard protector of indians |
| año bisiesto |
leap year |
| año secular |
centenary years |
| arcediano |
archdeacon |
| arroyo |
small rivulet |
| ascendencia |
ascendancy |
| asesor |
legal advisor |
| audiencia |
high court |
| ayuntamiento |
town council |
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B
| bienes de difunto |
holding of legal heirs |
| bisabuelo |
great grandfather |
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C
| cabildo |
the building of a town council |
| capillo |
invitation for wedding or baptism |
| caudillo |
military leader |
| criada |
servant or nurse |
| cuñado (a) |
brother / sister in law |
| cuate (Mexico) |
twins |
| cuatrillizos |
quadruplets |
| curato |
parish |
| conyuge |
marriage partner |
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D
| dote |
dowry; that property a woman takes
into marriage |
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E
| exhumación |
exhumation; removal of a corpse from its
grave |
| expuesto |
abandoned |
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F
| feligres |
parishioner |
| finca |
small farm or ranch |
| finca de caña |
sugar cane field |
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H
| hacendado |
owner or holder of a hacienda |
| hacienda |
large privately owned estate of rual nature |
| hacienda de campo |
farm or ranch |
| hermano carnal |
brother / of same parents |
| hermano de leche |
foster brother |
| hermano politico |
brother in law |
| hijo adoptivo |
adopted child |
| huesped |
guest; lodger |
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I
| ilegítimo |
illegitimate |
| inhumación |
burial |
| Islas Fortunatas |
colonial name for the Canary Islands |
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J
| jefe |
head |
| juizo de orfaos |
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L
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M
| madrasta |
stepmother |
| madrina |
godmother |
| manicomio |
asylum, madhouse |
| materno |
maternal |
| mayorazgo |
family estate |
| mellizos |
twins |
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N
| nieta |
grand child |
| niñera |
nurse |
| nuera |
daughter in law |
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O
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P
| padrasto |
step-father |
| padre politico |
father in law |
| padres no conocidos |
parents unknown |
| padrón |
census |
| panteón |
cemetery; funeral monument where the dead are
buried |
| parentesco |
relationship |
| primo carnal |
first cousin |
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R
| retatarabuelo |
a
great-great-great-grandparent |
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S
| sobrino |
nephew |
| sobrino- bisnieto/ta |
great-grand nephew (niece); the relationship of
an individual to his great-granduncle (the brother of the
great grandfather). |
| suegro |
father in law |
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T
| tatarabuelo (a) |
great-great-grandparent |
| tataranieto (a) |
great-great-grandchild |
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U
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V
| vecino |
head of house household, a citizen |
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W
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Z
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