cuñado

Galician

Alternative forms

• cunhado (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cunnado, from Latin cognātus. Cf. also cognado.

Noun

cuñado m (plural cuñados, feminine cuñada, feminine plural cuñadas)

1. brother-in-law

Derived terms

• concuñado

See also

• cognado

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɲado/ [kuˈɲa.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: cu‧ña‧do

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

cuñado m (plural cuñados, feminine cuñada, feminine plural cuñadas)

1. brother-in-law
2. (informal, derogatory, metonymically, Spain) know-all, (US, Canada) blowhard

   Synonyms: sabelotodo, sabiondo, todólogo

   • 2021 February 1, Pedro del Corral, “¿Qué tipo de cuñados existen? Así es la aplaudida teoría que triunfa en Twitter”, in La Razón‎^[1]:
   • 2019 June 6, Pedro Mateo, “Si dices y haces estas cosas, es posible que te hayas convertido en un cuñado (y lo sabes)”, in Flooxer Now‎^[2]:

Derived terms

• concuñado
• cuñadismo

See also

• cognado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

cuñado (feminine cuñada, masculine plural cuñados, feminine plural cuñadas)

1. past participle of cuñar

Further reading

• “cuñado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (2023 August 3) “cuñado”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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