sobrinho

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sobrinno

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sobrīnus (“maternal cousin”), substantivised form of the Proto-Italic adjective *swezrīnos (“of the sister”). Compare Old Leonese sopbrino and Old Spanish sobrino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so.ˈbɾi.ɲo/

Noun

sobrinho m (plural sobrinhos)

1. nephew
   • 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Airas Nunes, B 883: Desfiar enviaron ora de Tudela (facsimile)

     ca me(us) ssobri(nhos) som

     because they are my nephews

Descendants

• Galician: sobriño
• Portuguese: sobrinho

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "sobrinho"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrinno, sobrino (“nephew”), from Latin sobrīnus (“maternal cousin”), from Proto-Italic *swezrīnos (“of the sister”), from *swezōr (“sister”).

Cognate with Galician sobriño, Asturian sobrín and Spanish sobrino.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈbɾĩ.ɲu/ [soˈbɾĩ.j̃u], /suˈbɾĩ.ɲu/ [suˈbɾĩ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈbɾĩ.ɲu/ [soˈbɾĩ.j̃u], /suˈbɾĩ.ɲu/ [suˈbɾĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈbɾi.ɲo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈbɾi.ɲu/ [suˈβɾi.ɲu]

• Rhymes: -iɲu
• Hyphenation: so‧bri‧nho

Noun

sobrinho m (plural sobrinhos, feminine sobrinha, feminine plural sobrinhas)

1. nephew

Related terms

• soror

Further reading

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