apellidar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin appellitāre, from appellāre (“to address, call by name”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /apeʝiˈdaɾ/ [a.pe.ʝiˈð̞aɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /apeʝiˈdaɾ/ [a.pe.ʝiˈð̞aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /apeʎiˈdaɾ/ [a.pe.ʎiˈð̞aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /apeʃiˈdaɾ/ [a.pe.ʃiˈð̞aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apeʒiˈdaɾ/ [a.pe.ʒiˈð̞aɾ]

Verb

1. to call by one's surname
2. to name, to give a name or surname to

Derived terms

• apellido

Further reading

• “apellidar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014