vieja
/ˈbjexa/ · A2 · noun · f
hag
👵 vieja = viejo (old) with feminine -a: the old woman, slang for wife
From Latin vetulus, a diminutive of vetus (old), the same root as veteran. Literally old woman; used harshly it means hag, used affectionately it is slang for one's wife, like English my old lady.