alcuño

== Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Arabic الكُنْيَة (al-kunya, “surname”). Cognate of Asturian alcuñu and Portuguese alcunha. ==== Alternative forms ==== alcume alcunho (reintegrationist) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [alˈkuɲʊ] ==== Noun ==== alcuño m (plural alcuños) nickname, soubriquet Synonyms: estripote, lumiada, nomeada surname Synonym: apelido ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alcuño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alcuño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alcuño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== alcuño first-person singular present indicative of alcuñar == Spanish == === Alternative forms === alcuña === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈkuɲo/ [alˈku.ɲo] Rhymes: -uɲo Syllabification: al‧cu‧ño === Noun === alcuño m (plural alcuños) (obsolete) nickname, soubriquet Synonym: apodo === Further reading === “alcuño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025