apellido

See also: apellidó

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish apellido (“surname”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apeˈʎido/, [a.peˈʎi.d̪o]

• IPA^(key): /apiˈʎiu/, [a.piˈʎiu̯] (Ternateño)
• Hyphenation: a‧pe‧lli‧do

Noun

apellido

1. surname; last name

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

apellido m (plural apellidos)

1. obsolete spelling of apelido

Etymology 2

Verb

apellido

1. obsolete spelling of apelido

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /apeˈʝido/ [a.peˈʝi.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): /apeˈʝido/ [a.peˈʝi.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /apeˈʎido/ [a.peˈʎi.ð̞o] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /apeˈʃido/ [a.peˈʃi.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /apeˈʒido/ [a.peˈʒi.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: a‧pe‧lli‧do

Etymology 1

Deverbal from apellidar.

Noun

apellido m (plural apellidos)

1. surname, last name

   Synonym: cognombre (archaic)

   Hypernym: nombre

2. (figuratively) a trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person; an appellation

   «Rápido» es mi apellido.

   "Fast" is my middle name.

Derived terms

• apellido materno
• apellido paterno
• primer apellido
• segundo apellido

Related terms

• apelar

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: apelyido
• → Chamorro: apeyido
• → Tagalog: apelyido

Etymology 2

Verb

apellido

1. first-person singular present indicative of apellidar

Further reading

• “apellido”, 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