alcunha
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Arabic الكُنْيَة (al-kunya, “surname”).
==== Pronunciation ====
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũɲɐ, (Portugal) -uɲɐ
Hyphenation: al‧cu‧nha
==== Noun ====
alcunha f (plural alcunhas)
nickname, soubriquet
Synonyms: (dated or Brazil) apelido, epíteto
===== Derived terms =====
alcunhar
===== Descendants =====
→ Malay: alkonya
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
alcunha
inflection of alcunhar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“alcunha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“alcunha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026