nickname
 noun
 alcume
EN Once or twice I've seen your own name coupled with the nickname, but it never occurred to me that you could be the Henry Adams referred to.
GL Nunha ocasión ou dúas vin o teu nome xunto co alcume, pero nunca se me ocorreu que ti puideses se-lo Henry Adams ó que facía referencia.
 Fonte: BIL (245)
transitive verb
poñer un sobrenome
EN His father, a customs officer so proud of his son that he nicknamed him "the Pelé of Treichville", was dumbstruck.
GL O pai de Jean-Jacques, tan orgulloso deste fillo ó que puxera o sobrenome de "o Pelé de Treichville", baixou das nubes. Aduaneiro de oficio.
Fonte: C14 (260)
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nibble, Nicaragua, Nicaraguan, nice, nicely, nicety, niche, nick, nickel, nickname, niece, Niger, Nigeria, Nigerian, niggardly, nigger, nigh, night, nightcap