vejete

See also: vějete

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

vejete (Cyrillic spelling вејете)

1. second-person plural present of vejati

Spanish

Alternative forms

• viejete (informal)

Etymology

From viejo +‎ -ete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈxete/ [beˈxe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: ve‧je‧te

Noun

vejete m or f by sense (plural vejetes)

1. elderly person
   • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 74:

     Cuando salgo, le pregunto al vejete si tienen teléfono: hay uno al lado de una máquina tragaperras.

     When I leave, I ask the old guy if they have a telephone. There's one next to the slot machine.

2. codger
3. (theater, stock character) old fool, a ridiculous old person

Further reading

• “vejete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28