cuñado
Galician
Alternative forms
- cunhado (Reintegrationist)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cunnado, from Latin cognātus. Cf. also cognado.
Noun
cuñado m (plural cuñados, feminine cuñada, feminine plural cuñadas)
Derived terms
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈɲado/ [kuˈɲa.ð̞o]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: cu‧ña‧do
Etymology 1
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
cuñado m (plural cuñados, feminine cuñada, feminine plural cuñadas)
- brother-in-law
- (informal, derogatory, metonymic, Spain) know-all, (US, Canada) blowhard
- Synonyms: sabelotodo, sabiondo, todólogo
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
cuñado (feminine cuñada, masculine plural cuñados, feminine plural cuñadas)
- past participle of cuñar
Further reading
- “cuñado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “cuñado”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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