Polyglot Dictionary

apelido

/apeˈlidu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os apelidos

Meaning

  1. nickname

    • Meu apelido é Zé.

      My nickname is Zé.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

alcunha

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

German

Spitzname

Spitzname is the German word for the same thing — both mean "nickname."

Spanish

apodo

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

Spanish

mote

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

Practice

1 What does apelido mean?

2 Fill the gap: Meu ___ é Zé.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches apelido?

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