An apelido is a nickname. I hear it used that way all the time from Azorens.
InimTranslator type in apelido & the English definition is nickname
Type innickname & apelido comes up
Translation Portuguese - English CollinsDictionary
"apelido":examples and translations in context
| É tão importante como o apelido.
| It's as important as your last name...
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| Ele prefere ser chamado pelo apelido.
| He has a nickname he'd rather be known by.
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| Um antigo apelido que costumavam chamar-me.
| An old nickname when I was in a fraternity.
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| Babylon Portuguese-English
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apelido (m)
n. name, surname, nickname, cognomen, epithet
apelidar
v. nickname
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Synonyms of apelido
noun
sobrenome, nome falso, alcunha,primeiro nome
Translationsof apelido
| Noun
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| | nickname
| apelido, alcunha, cognome
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On Thursday, April 23, 2015 9:33 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]>
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
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas,
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