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 > <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> An apelido is a nickname. I hear it used that way all the time from >>> Azorens. >>> >>> >>> In imTranslator type in apelido & the English definition is nickname >>> Type in nickname & apelido comes up >>> Translation Portuguese - English Collins Dictionary >>> "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 >>> Google Translate >>> Synonyms of apelido >>> noun >>> sobrenome, nome falso, alcunha, primeiro nome >>> Translations of apelido >>> Noun >>> nickname >>> apelido, alcunha, cognome >>> >>> >>> >>> 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, >>> Achada >>> -- >>> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >>> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. 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