apellido
See also: apellidó
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Noun
apellido m (plural apellidos)
- obsolete spelling of apelido
Etymology 2
Verb
apellido
- obsolete spelling of apelido
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apeˈʝido/ [a.peˈʝi.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /apeˈʎido/ [a.peˈʎi.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /apeˈʃido/ [a.peˈʃi.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /apeˈʒido/ [a.peˈʒi.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: a‧pe‧lli‧do
Etymology 1
Deverbal from apellidar.
Noun
apellido m (plural apellidos)
- surname, last name
- Hypernym: nombre
- (figuratively) a trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person; an appellation
- «Rápido» es mi apellido.
- "Fast" is my middle name.
Derived terms
- apellido materno
- apellido paterno
- primer apellido
- segundo apellido
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
apellido
- first-person singular present indicative of apellidar
Further reading
- “apellido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025