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Meanings of gran in English

Portuguese
vovó
Catalan
iaia
Spanish
nana
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The mother of your father or mother.

      vovó
      Usage of gran in English
      1
      My great-gran told me to remember there's always someone you can help.
      The Guardian
      2
      Basically, they can all be used on telly without frightening your gran.
      The Guardian
      3
      Perhaps your gran always gives you aftershave or deodorant for your birthday.
      The Guardian
      4
      Come, get your things off; your gran'ma has a treat for you.
      A Crooked Path: A Novel
      5
      Mum, along with my two aunts, took over my gran's butcher business.
      The Guardian
      6
      An' isn't you glad we've got a gran'fathah with such good 'trawberries?
      The Little Colonel
      7
      I hadn't gone to see my gran in about six months.
      The brush-off: a hair-raising mystery
      8
      No noise; poor gran is very bad to-day, and would not like it.
      A Child of the Glens; or, Elsie's Fortunes
      9
      But, like your gran says, we're real glad to be home.
      The lake
      10
      I grew up with my gran and we had a house.
      The Guardian
      11
      I got twenty-two gran'children, but that Emily Anne be somet'ing special.
      Deadly Décisions
      12
      Then he tell me 'bout your gran'papa play oboe in the old country.
      The Song of the Lark
      13
      Mah gran' pappy Bob was own man to Massa Miles Ralestone.
      Ralestone Luck
      14
      No, it's not worth while, gran'ma; leave her where she is.
      Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
      15
      Glancing at the photo, the gran pulls a face and says: Did she?
      News.com.au
      16
      It wasna a din at a', but a gran' repose like.
      The Marquis of Lossie
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      iaiaàvia
      Gran through the time
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