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apelido.

last name; surname; family name

7 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/a.piˈli.du/Brazil/a.peˈli.du/Brazil/ɐ.pɨˈli.du/Portugal[ɐ.pɨˈli.ðu]Portugal
  1. last name; surname; family name

    Portugal · masculine
  2. nickname (informal name)

    Brazil · dialectal · masculine
  3. proper noun; name; designation

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese apelido, from Latin appellitō (“to be accustomed to call”), from appellō (“to address”).

verb/a.piˈli.du/Brazil/a.peˈli.du/Brazil/ɐ.pɨˈli.du/Portugal[ɐ.pɨˈli.ðu]Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of apelidar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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