Usage examples of "tía abuela" in Spanish with translation to English

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Cuando él declaró abiertamente que se iba a casar con Pablo, a su abuela casi le dio un infarto y a su tía se le salieron los ojos de las órbitas; sin embargo, su hermana pequeña sonrió con orgullo. When he openly declared he would marry Pablo, he almost gave his grandmother a heart attack and made his aunt's eyes burst out of their sockets; however, his little sister beamed with pride.
La mujer sentada en el sofá es mi abuela. The woman who is sitting on the sofa is my grandmother.
Me quedé tres días en la casa de mi tía. I stayed at my aunt's house for three days.
Mi abuela vive en el campo. My grandmother lives in the country.
Se quedó en casa de su tía. He stayed at his aunt's house.
Porque no me quiero casar, mi abuela me llamó tullido. Because I don't want to marry, my grandmother called me a cripple.
Mi tía me regaló el pendiente que llevo puesto. My aunt gave me the earrings I'm wearing.
Hasta mi abuela puede mandar un SMS. Even my grandma can send an SMS.
Mi tío es delgado, pero mi tía es robusta. My uncle is slender, but my aunt is stout.
Mi pobre abuela está muy enferma ahora y temo que esté con un pie en la fosa. My poor grandmother is very ill now and I'm afraid she's at death's door.
¿Qué hace tu tía? What does your aunt do?
No me acuerdo muy bien del rostro de mi abuela. I don't remember my grandmother's face accurately.
¿Cuánto tiempo estarás en la casa de tu tía? How long will you be at your aunt's house?
Mi abuela puede andar en moto. My grandmother can ride a motorcycle.
Me estoy quedando donde mi tía por el verano. I'm staying at my aunt's for the summer.
Su abuela vivió hasta los ochenta y ocho años. Her grandmother lived to be eighty-eight years old.
Mi tía parece joven. My aunt looks young.
Mi abuela sale a pasear al anochecer. My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening.
Él se quedó en la casa de su tía. He stayed at his aunt's house.
Yo nunca había comido ninguna clase de comida thai, así que estaba muy emocionado de ir a un restaurante thai con mi abuela. I had never eaten any kind of Thai food, so I was pretty excited about going to a Thai restaurant with my grandmother.
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