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apodo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alias noun A false or assumed name used instead of a person's real one.
  • byname noun Any secondary name, particularly
  • 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

apodo is used for these senses in English:

  • alias Another name; especially, an assumed name.
  • byname (archaic, historical) A nickname.
  • middle name (Philippines) one's mother's maiden name
  • 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.
  • nom de Web (informal) A pseudonym used when publishing on the World Wide Web.
  • surname (transitive) To call by a surname.

alias — full definition

  1. noun A false or assumed name used instead of a person's real one.
  2. noun (computing) A short alternative name that stands in for a longer command, file, or database column.
  3. verb To give something an additional, alternative name.

byname — full definition

  1. noun Any secondary name, particularly
  2. noun Synonym of epithet, a descriptive and distinguishing additional name.
  3. noun A formal epithet for a god or goddess, used in rituals in Heathenry.
  4. noun Synonym of pseudonym, a second name used to disguise authorship etc.

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