adjectiu
1. [tots els sentits] old.
2. elderly.
3. [costums] ancient.
4. Hans Holbein el Vell Hans Holbein the elder.
5. (fer-se \ tornar-se) vell to grow old.
6. arribar a vell to live to be old.
7. és massa vell per a fer-ho servir it’s too old to be of any use.
8. un vell amic meu an old friend of mine.
masculí i femení
9. [home] old man.
10. [dona] old woman.

masculí i femení
1. [home] old man.
2. [dona] old woman.
femení
3. antic spinster.

femení vellesa.

femení
1. whim, caprice.
2. velleity.
3. unpredictable mood.
4. strange fancy.

adjectiu fickle, capricious, flighty, whimsical.

femení
1. old age.
2. tenir bona vellesa to be happy in one’s old age.
3. els seus fills els van donar una mala vellesa their children made their old age unhappy.

masculí [d’ovella, xai] fleece.

adjectiu [pubescent, etc.] downy, fuzzy, hairy, fluffy.

femení downiness, fuzziness, hairiness, fluffiness.

verb intransitiu to begin to age.