cunhado

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: cu‧nha‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cunnado, from Latin cognātus. Doublet of cognato, a learned borrowing.

Noun

cunhado m (plural cunhados, feminine cunhada, feminine plural cunhadas)

  1. brother-in-law

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

cunhado (feminine cunhada, masculine plural cunhados, feminine plural cunhadas)

  1. past participle of cunhar