Polyglot Dictionary

apellidar

/apeʝiˈðaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
apellido
preterite (yo)
apellidé
past participle
apellidado

Meaning

  1. to call

    • Se apellida García.

      His surname is García.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

llamar

apellidar(se) narrowly means to call or go by a surname, as in "¿cómo se apellida?"; llamar is the general word "to call," for names, phone calls, and more.

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