grandfather

abuelo

Padre de tu madre o de tu padre.

En inglés sencillo: The father of your mother or father.

• My grandfather lives nearby.
• Her grandfathers were both farmers.
• Did your grandfather teach you to fish?

Sinónimos: granddad, grandpa

Expresiones frecuentes: my grandfather, maternal grandfather, paternal grandfather

copia de dos generaciones anteriores

Copia guardada de un archivo informático que precede en dos versiones a la más reciente.

En inglés sencillo: An older saved copy of a computer file, one version before the previous copy.

• Keep the grandfather file in storage.
• We restored the data from the grandfather backup.
• The archive holds both father and grandfather copies.

Expresiones frecuentes: grandfather file, grandfather backup, grandfather copy

respetar los derechos adquiridos, eximir

Permitir que personas o acuerdos ya existentes sigan bajo las reglas antiguas cuando entran en vigor otras nuevas.

En inglés sencillo: To let an existing person or arrangement continue under old rules after new rules start.

• The company will grandfather existing customers.
• Current members were grandfathered in when fees increased.
• Will our old permits be grandfathered under the new rules?

Cómo se usa: grandfather someone/something in (The company will grandfather existing customers in.); be grandfathered into something (Older plans were grandfathered into the new system.)

Sinónimos: exempt

Expresiones frecuentes: grandfather someone in, grandfather existing customers