cunhado

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kũˈɲa.du/ [kũˈj̃a.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kũˈɲa.du/ [kũˈj̃a.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈɲa.do/

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

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• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: cu‧nha‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cunnado, from Latin cognātus. Doublet of cognato, a learned borrowing.

Noun

cunhado m (plural cunhados, feminine cunhada, feminine plural cunhadas)

1. brother-in-law

Related terms

• concunhado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

cunhado (feminine cunhada, masculine plural cunhados, feminine plural cunhadas)

1. past participle of cunhar