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Portuguese
Etymology 1
Noun
apellido m (plural apellidos)
- Obsolete spelling of apelido
Etymology 2
Verb
apellido
- Obsolete spelling of apelido
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /apeˈʝido/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /apeˈʎido/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /apeˈʃido/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apeˈʒido/
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: a‧pe‧lli‧do
Etymology 1
Deverbal from apellidar.
Noun
apellido m (plural apellidos)
- surname, last name
- Hypernym: nombre
- (figuratively) a trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person
«Rápido» es mi apellido.- "Fast" is my middle name.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Verb
apellido
- first-person singular present indicative of apellidar
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