apodo

See also: apodó and ápodo

Aukan

Noun

apodo

1. acai palm; Euterpe oleracea
2. acai (the fruit of Euterpe oleracea, consumed as pulp, mousse, or juice)
   • 1993, Michiel van Kempen, quoting Dorus Vrede, Efu na aleke dôn [When the aleke drum]‎^[1], quoted in De geest van Waraku. Kritieken over Surinaamse literatuur, Haarlem/Brussels: Uitgeverij Zuid, →ISBN, pages 259–260:

     Efu a no massi / na apodo / tee a dee so tililiii so / dansi tyai en gi mi / ini wan kabasi / ala di a dôn / a pele moi moi / mi a poi diingi en

     If she doesn't prepare / the acai / until it is creamy / and serves it to me dancing / in a gourd / while the drum / caresses my ears / I cannot drink it

Derived terms

• apodo sii

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.po.do/
• Rhymes: -apodo
• Hyphenation: à‧po‧do

Adjective

apodo (feminine apoda, masculine plural apodi, feminine plural apode)

1. (zoology) footless

Anagrams

• a dopo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from apodar.

Alternative forms

• apôdo (superseded)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpo.du/ [ɐˈpo.ðu]

Noun

apodo m (plural apodos)

1. derogatory comparison
2. nickname that refers to a particular quality

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpɔ.du/ [ɐˈpɔ.ðu]

Verb

apodo

1. first-person singular present indicative of apodar

Further reading

• “apodo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “apodo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpodo/ [aˈpo.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -odo
• Syllabification: a‧po‧do

Etymology 1

Deverbal from apodar.

Noun

apodo m (plural apodos)

1. nickname, moniker, byname, alias

   Synonyms: sobrenombre, alias, mote

   • 2019 March 16, C. Lorca, “¿Quién es Ignacio Garriga, el “número uno” de Vox por Barcelona para asaltar el 28A?”, in La Razón‎^[2], retrieved 2 February 2021:

     El político siempre se ha ganado el apodo de “el negro de Vox”, pero él es español porque nació en el país

     The politician has earned the nickname “the black man of Vox”, but he is a Spaniard because he was born in the country

Etymology 2

Verb

apodo

1. first-person singular present indicative of apodar

Further reading

• “apodo”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish apodo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpodo/ [ʔɐˈpoː.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -odo
• Syllabification: a‧po‧do

Noun

apodo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓᜇᜓ)

1. nickname; alias

   Synonyms: palayaw, alyas

Related terms

• amputa
• amputasyon
• deskuwento
• diputado
• diputasyon
• kompiyuter
• komputa
• komputasyon
• komputerisado
• kontador
• kontaduriya
• kuwenta
• kuwentado
• kuwentagotas
• kuwentapaso
• kuwentista
• kuwento
• libro de-kuwenta
• reputasyon
• reto
• trabas-kuwentas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish ápodo, from Ancient Greek ἄποδος (ápodos), genitive of ἄπους (ápous).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔapodo/ [ˌʔaː.poˈd̪o]
• Rhymes: -apodo
• Syllabification: a‧po‧do

Adjective

ápodó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓᜇᜓ)

1. apod; legless; lacking feet

Related terms

• antipoda
• oktopus

Further reading

• “apodo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 43