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Tuesday, February 27, 2007 (read 27457 times)
 

Decoding Spanish Nicknames

by Celine

Common Spanish Nicknames

Male

  • Alberto o Roberto: Beto
  • Eduardo: Lalo
  • Enrique: Quique
  • Francisco: Paco or Pancho
  • Jesus: Chuchi
  • 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,names

Comments

1 » Anonymous (on Sunday, February 10, 2008) said:

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

Flaco

2 » Anonymous (on Friday, September 21, 2007) said:

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

3 » Anonymous (on Sunday, February 10, 2008) said:

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

Flaco

4 » Anonymous (on Friday, September 21, 2007) said:

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

5 » daniela (on Friday, January 13, 2017) said:

Nick name for Daniela morena and like morena related names

6 » Flamy gomez (on Wednesday, June 7, 2017) said:

Nick name for Maria Rani. And flamy gomez?

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