cuñado

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Su   cuñado Lord  Cardigan,  que   comandaba   la   Brigada   Ligera era   uno
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  de   sus   subordinados .

His brother-in-law, Lord Cardigan, who commanded the Light Brigade, was one of his subordinates.

cuñar

Synonym of acuñar

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
cu‧ña‧do
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kuˈɲado/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin cognātus. Doublet of the semi-learned borrowing cognado. The "know-all" sense alludes to the stereotypical behavior of brothers-in-law at Christmas celebrations, weddings and family gatherings.

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