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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrinho, from Latin sōbrīnus (“maternal cousin”). Compare Portuguese sobrinho.
Pronunciation
Noun
sobriño m (plural sobriños, feminine sobriña, feminine plural sobriñas)
- nephew
- (informal) ring finger
- Synonym: anular
References
- “sobriño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “sobriño” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “sobriño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “sobriño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “sobriño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.