Polyglot Dictionary

alcunha

/awˈkũɲɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as alcunhas

Meaning

  1. nickname

    • Tinha uma alcunha.

      He had a nickname.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

apelido

apelido is the everyday common word for "nickname"; alcunha is more formal or literary, sometimes with a mocking or uncomplimentary connotation.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

sobrenombre

sobrenombre is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "nickname."

French

surnom

surnom is the French word for the same thing — both mean "nickname."

Practice

1 What does alcunha mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tinha uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches alcunha?

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