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apelido — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • moniker noun A name or nickname, often one that's informal or draws attention to some trait.
  • nickname noun An informal, often affectionate or descriptive name used instead of someone's real name.
  • surname noun A person's family name, usually shared with relatives and passed down through generations.

Senses

apelido is used for these senses in English:

  • moniker A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
  • nickname A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
  • surname The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

nickname — full definition

  1. noun An informal, often affectionate or descriptive name used instead of someone's real name.
  2. verb To give someone or something a nickname.

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