overwordExplorer
PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

sobrinho.

nephew

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/soˈbɾĩ.ɲu/Brazil[soˈbɾĩ.j̃u]Brazil/suˈbɾĩ.ɲu/Brazil[suˈbɾĩ.j̃u]Brazil

  1. nephew

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrinno, sobrino (“nephew”), from Latin sobrīnus (“maternal cousin”), from Proto-Italic *swezrīnos (“of the sister”), from *swezōr (“sister”). Cognate with Galician sobriño, Asturian sobrín and Spanish sobrino.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

sobrinho has 8 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

sobrinho studiosobrinho workshello, sobrinho

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.