cuñado
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Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- cunhado (Reintegrationist)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese cunnado, from Latin cognātus. Cf. also cognado.
Noun[edit]
cuñado m (plural cuñados, feminine cuñada, feminine plural cuñadas)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin cognātus. Doublet of the semi-learned borrowing cognado. The "know-all" sense alludes to the stereotypical behavior of brothers-in-law at Christmas celebrations, weddings and family gatherings.
Noun[edit]
cuñado m (plural cuñados, feminine cuñada, feminine plural cuñadas)
- brother-in-law
- (informal, derogatory, metonymically, Spain) know-all, (US, Canada) blowhard
- Synonyms: sabelotodo, sabiondo, todólogo
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle[edit]
cuñado (feminine cuñada, masculine plural cuñados, feminine plural cuñadas)
- past participle of cuñar
Further reading[edit]
- “cuñado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Galician terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Galician terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
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- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ado
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- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
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- es:Family members