Vocabulario para IELTS (Básico) - Familia y Relaciones

one's brother or sister

hermano o hermana

a male or female partner in a marriage

cónyuge

a period in one's life between puberty and adulthood

adolescencia

a young child who is starting to learn how to walk

niño pequeño

a relationship formed between people or groups based on mutual experiences, ideas, feelings, etc.

lazo

the state of being a father to a child or children

paternidad

the relationship between two or more brothers

hermandad

the state of being a mother to a child or children

maternidad

the state of being a child

infancia

a retired person who gets an amount of money each month, called pension, usually from the government

pensionista

the way that our parents care for us or teach us to behave in our childhood

educación

a person whom one knows but is not a close friend

conocido

an instance of serious opposition between ideas, values, or interests

conflicto

someone who is the mother of a person's wife or husband

suegra

someone who is the father of a person's wife or husband

suegro

the person who is the brother of one's spouse

cuñado

the person who is the sister of one's spouse

cuñada

to take someone's child into one's family and become their legal parent

adoptar

a blood relative who lived a long time ago, usually before one's grandparents

antepasado

to officially cancel a marriage

anular

the end of a relationship or an association

separación

(of a group of people) having a strong friendly relationship with shared interests

muy unido

someone who shares the same blood with a specific person who lived many years ago

descendiente

the legal right to keep a thing or to take care of a person

custodia

a family consisting of two parents and their children, but not any other relatives

familia nuclear

a large family group consisting of parents and children that might also include grandparents, aunts, or uncles

familia extendida

a family in which the parents live with the children from their own relationship along with the children from previous ones

familia mixta

a group of people belonging to a particular age group or time period partaking in a certain activity

generación

someone who takes responsibility and raises someone else's child in Christian faith

padrino o madrina

to receive money, property, etc. from someone who has passed away

heredar

the relationship between the members of a family

parentesco

a child whose parents have died

huérfano

someone who is married to either one of our parents but is not our real parent

padrastro o madrastra

a woman who has undergone a divorce, indicating that she was previously married but is now legally separated from her spouse

divorciado