Nunes

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Nunez. By surface analysis, Nuno +‎ -es (“son of”). Compare Spanish Núñez.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnũ.nis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈnũ.niʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.nes/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.nɨʃ/

Hyphenation: Nu‧nes

Proper noun

Nunes m or f by sense (invariable)

a surname originating as a patronymic