It's a good thing that you asked the question.
Oftentimes our misunderstanding keeps us stuck or has us going down the wrong
path. We think our relatives gave us the wrong information when it's us who
misunderstood them. I recall someone in a past email said that a family member
was called Sheik which was pointed out by Kathie Baker that it was more than
likely Chico. That kind of thing.
Be open or else fight for your limitations and they are yours.
On Saturday, April 25, 2015 8:37 AM, Liz Migliori <lizmi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
WOW. Not sure if I'm glad I asked the question or not??? Lol. But it's a
great round table discussion
Thanks everyone
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 23, 2015, at 8:04 PM, Gloria Arlette Rodrigues <suchislif...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Apelido in spanish means last name. In Portuguese it really means an informal
nickname. Alcunha is a more formal nickname, like the name Jose, the nickname
is Ze. On forms that I have filled, first name = nome, last name = sobrenome.
On Apr 23, 2015, at 2:24 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote:
Well perhaps, but since I got into doing genealogy 20+ years ago, alcunha was
reserved for nickname. And after that poor guy at that table flipped the words
alcunha & apelido, I just thought that alcunha confirmed what I learned.
Perhaps in some families they use one more word more than the other. Seems
more families called the nicknames alcunhas though in my research. Someone
would have to do a study to figure out the true percentages though.
What do Portuguese employment applications ask for though? Maybe one of our
listmembers there know.
Cheri
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 11:01 AM, helen kerner <hker...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
An apelido is a nickname. I hear it used that way all the time from Azorens.
InimTranslator type in apelido & the English definition is nicknameType
innickname & apelido comes upTranslation Portuguese - English CollinsDictionary
"apelido":examples and translations in context
| É tão importante como o apelido. | It's as important as your last name...
|
| Ele prefere ser chamado pelo apelido. | He has a nickname he'd rather be
known by. |
| Um antigo apelido que costumavam chamar-me. | An old nickname when I was
in a fraternity. |
| Babylon Portuguese-English |
apelido (m)
n. name, surname, nickname, cognomen, epithet
apelidar
v. nickname GoogleTranslateSynonyms of apelidonounsobrenome, nome falso,
alcunha,primeiro nomeTranslationsof apelido
| Noun |
| | nickname | apelido, alcunha, cognome |
On Thursday, April 23, 2015 9:33 AM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Sorry, apelido is surname and alcunha is nickname. In casual conversation,
people seem to use them interchangeably, but they aren't really. I remember a
guy at our hall explaining that his alcunha was this and his apelido was that
and half the table told him no it wasn't, he had it backwards, blah blah blah.
I'm sure he wanted to go under the table at that point or pour the sopas over
their heads!
Cheri Mello
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