"cuñado" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /kuˈɲado/, [kuˈɲa.ð̞o] Forms: cuñados [plural], cuñada [feminine], cuñadas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ado Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin cognātus. Doublet of the semi-learned borrowing cognado. The "know-all" sense alludes to the stereotypical behavior of brothers-in-law at Christmas celebrations, weddings and family gatherings. Etymology templates: {{root|es|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}} [Template:root], {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp||||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish [Term?], {{inh+|es|osp}} Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], {{inh|es|la|cognātus}} Latin cognātus, {{doublet|es|cognado|notext=1}} cognado Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} cuñado m (plural cuñados, feminine cuñada, feminine plural cuñadas)
  1. brother-in-law Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Family members
    Sense id: en-cuñado-es-noun-c-mhp4HH Disambiguation of Family members: 73 11 16
  2. (informal, derogatory, metonymically, Spain) know-all, (US, Canada) blowhard Tags: Spain, derogatory, informal, masculine, metonymically Synonyms: sabelotodo, sabiondo, todólogo
    Sense id: en-cuñado-es-noun-h2nreJwi Categories (other): Spanish Spanish, Spanish metonyms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: concuñado, cuñadismo Related terms: cognado
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kuˈɲado/, [kuˈɲa.ð̞o] Forms: cuñada [feminine], cuñados [masculine, plural], cuñadas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ado Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{es-past participle}} cuñado (feminine cuñada, masculine plural cuñados, feminine plural cuñadas)
  1. past participle of cuñar Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: cuñar
    Sense id: en-cuñado-es-verb-4E7KMgD6 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 4 35 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cuñado meaning in Spanish (4.1kB)

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