"uncle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

uncle sustantivo

sustantivo + uncle

Kolokacji: 3

uncle of the bride • uncle of the bridegroom • bachelor uncle

uncle + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 102

Uncle Sam • Uncle Tom • Uncle John • Uncle Ben • Uncle Joe • ...

uncle + verbo

Kolokacji: 61

uncle says • uncle dies • uncle takes • uncle tells • raised by one's uncle • ...

verbo + uncle

Kolokacji: 32

live with one's uncle • kill one's uncle • see one's uncle • tell one's uncle • inherit from one's uncle • ...

adjetivo + uncle

Kolokacji: 33

maternal uncle • paternal uncle • great uncle • old uncle • rich uncle • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 6

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 9

(1) maternal, paternal, eccentric, Dutch, adoptive

Kolokacji: 5

(2) great, great-great, famous, honorary, distant, ...

Kolokacji: 6

1. great uncle = wielki wuj great uncle

2. famous uncle = sławny wuj famous uncle

3. great-great uncle = wielki-wielki wuj great-great uncle

4. distant uncle = daleki wuj distant uncle

5. honorary uncle = honorowy wuj honorary uncle

In the most serious subplot, Karim's honorary uncle goes on a hunger strike to force his daughter into an arranged marriage.
Well, though I'm not a parent, I am an uncle, an honorary uncle and a godfather many times over.
He wound up doing special projects for our company, and was an honorary uncle to my kids.
Our mchowni - shaman, you'd call him - was like an honorary uncle.
It was a deeply private thing, standing as honorary uncle to the future Genghis Khan.
As a family friend and an honorary uncle he was often in the Forbin residence.
You can't be an honorary uncle all your life.
Vicky Austin's noisy, loving, mostly-happy family is disrupted when the family's honorary uncle dies in a plane crash.
Even the brats in baby carriages-Hoag fancied that he liked babies, enjoyed himself in the role of honorary uncle.
Rather distant European relatives may find themselves classified as honorary uncles, nieces, grandparents, and so on.

6. drunken uncle = pijany wuj drunken uncle

(3) old, young, elderly, elder, aged

Kolokacji: 5

(4) rich, wealthy, childless, grand, indulgent

Kolokacji: 5

(5) favorite, beloved

Kolokacji: 2

(6) late, deceased, dead

Kolokacji: 3

(7) loving, Devoted, doting

Kolokacji: 3

(8) wicked, evil

Kolokacji: 2

(9) long-lost, benevolent

Kolokacji: 2

preposición + uncle

Kolokacji: 17

of one's uncle • with one's uncle • to one's uncle • from one's uncle • for one's uncle • ...

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