cognominar
Spanish, verb[koɣ̞nomiˈnaɾ]
cognominar is spelled C-O-G-N-O-M-I-N-A-R (10 letters). Cognominar is a Spanish verb meaning “to call someone by their nickname or surname” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llamar por el apodo, sobrenombre, apellido, mote o cognombre a una persona”.
What does cognominar mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto call someone by their nickname or surname
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llamar por el apodo, sobrenombre, apellido, mote o cognombre a una persona.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cognominar
- cognomino first-person present singular
- cognominé first-person preterite singular
- cognominado participle past
- cognominando gerund
- cognominada feminine participle past
- cognominados masculine participle past
- cognominadas feminine participle past
- cognominas indicative informal present
- cognominás indicative informal present
- cognomina indicative present singular
- cognominamos first-person indicative plural
- cognomináis indicative plural present
- cognominan indicative plural present
- cognominaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cognominabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cognominábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cognominabais imperfect indicative plural
- cognominaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cognominar?
- [koɣ̞nomiˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.