Polyglot Dictionary

apelidar

/apeliˈdaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
apelido
preterite (eu)
apelidei
past participle
apelidado

Meaning

  1. to nickname

    • Apelidaram-no de Gordo.

      They nicknamed him Fatty.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

alcunhar

apelidar is the everyday common word for "to nickname"; alcunhar is more formal or literary, sometimes with a mocking connotation.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

apodar

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

Practice

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