Noun: sobrinho
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | sobrinho |
| Plural m | sobrinhos |
Sample Sentences
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ca me(us) ssobri(nhos) som (because they are my nephews) [1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Airas Nunes, B 883: Desfiar enviaron ora de Tudela (facsimile)]
Nouns inflected like sobrinho
sabado,
estreleyro,
sobaco,
bezerro,
febreyro,
miradoiro,
pescoço,
perigoo,
cavaleiro,
portuguees,
paranho,
parayso,
afazemento,
deserto,
dereito,
sagrado,
elefante,
biscoito,
fevreyro,
diluvio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin sobrīnus (“maternal cousin”), substantivised form of the Proto-Italic adjective *swezrīnos (“of the sister”). Compare Old Leonese sopbrino and Old Spanish sobrino. See: Latin Nouns '
sobrīnus', Latin Nouns '
sobrīnus'.
Verbs referencing "sobrinho"
Galician Nouns
sobriño.
Translations