sobriño

Meaning

(masculine) nephew
(informal,masculine) ring finger

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

[soˈβɾiɲʊ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobrinho, from Latin sōbrīnus (“maternal cousin”). Compare Portuguese sobrinho.

Cognate with Portuguese

sobrinho

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Sentences

Álvaro é neto e sobriño de pilotos.

Alvaro is the grandson and nephew of the pilots.

Inocencio recompensou ao seu sobriño Ludovico nomeándoo marqués e conde
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de Fermo.

Innocent rewarded his nephew Ludovico by appointing him Marquis and Count of Fermo.

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