Spanish Teaching :: Decoding Spanish Nicknames

Main Page

Previous:	Student story: Caroline in Tenerife
Next:	Poll: Would you go to a bullfight?

Decoding Spanish Nicknames

by Celine at 12:29PM (CET) on February 27, 2007 | Permanent Link

Common Spanish Nicknames
MALE	Alberto o Roberto	Beto
	Eduardo	Lalo
	Enrique	Quique
	Francisco	Paco or Pancho
	Jesus	Chucho
	José	Pepe
	José María	Chema
	José del Refugio	Cuco
	Luis	Lucho
	Manuel	Manolo or Méme or Lolo
FEMALE	Antonia	Toña
	María Concepción	Concha
	María de los Dolores	Lola
	María Encarnación	Encarna
	María Isabel	Maribel
	María Luisa	Marisa
	María del Refugio	Cuca
	María Teresa	Marité
	Teresa	Tere

Keywords: spanish, Spain, colloquial

Posted to:

Like this?

Want to learn Spanish abroad?
Check all the courses, destinations and services in our brochure.
Receive your free catalogue at home.

Comments

Post a comment

Re: Decoding Spanish Nicknames

by Anonymous on Fri 21 Sep 2007 08:44 PM CEST | Permanent Link

que nickname sirve para cintya que NO sea cindy porque no me gusta: soy alta morena y fuerte! ;)

Re: Re: Decoding Spanish Nicknames

by Anonymous on Sun 10 Feb 2008 02:52 PM CET | Permanent Link

¿Por qué no te llamas «cinta» porque ademas de morena, alta y fuerte, eres pegajosa? Ja, ja, ja.

Flaco

Post comment:

	Receive comment notifications for this article
Subject:
Comment:

Comment verification:

Please enter the text you see inside the graphic to post your comment:

You are not currently logged in. If you would like your user information to be displayed with your comment, please enter your login information below.