No. 4,257 in Spanish
nieto
Grandson.
In a sentence
Mi nieto juega en el parque todos los días.
My grandson plays in the park every day.
It refers to a family relationship, specifically the grandson of the speaker.
Esa planta es el nieto de aquel gran árbol que plantamos hace años.
That plant is the grandchild of that big tree we planted years ago.
It is metaphorically used here to describe a sequence of generations, referring to the offspring of a plant derived from another plant.
Hace cien años, él era el nieto del alcalde de este pueblo.
A hundred years ago, he was the grandson of the mayor of this village.
It describes a historical context, referring to a generational relationship with a specific person of importance in the past.
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