alcunha

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Arabic الكُنْيَة (al-kunya, “surname”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈkũ.ɲɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈkũ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈkũ.ɲɐ/ [aʊ̯ˈkũ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈku.ɲa/ [aʊ̯ˈku.ɲa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈku.ɲɐ/ [aɫˈku.ɲɐ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ũɲɐ, (Portugal) -uɲɐ
• Hyphenation: al‧cu‧nha

Noun

alcunha f (plural alcunhas)

1. nickname, soubriquet

   Synonyms: (dated or Brazil) apelido, epíteto

Derived terms

• alcunhar

Descendants

• → Malay: alkonya

Etymology 2

Verb

alcunha

1. inflection of alcunhar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. 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