Here are some few family names in Spanish and their English counterpart. If you know the language then test yourself to see if you can get all of them correct and for those who know little or no Spanish, you might just learn a few family names in Spanish here. Learning a second language can be fun and at the same challenging. However, you don’t have to speak a language in order to know and use any of its word/s that can come in very handy when you least expect it. Now check out the few family names in Spanish listed below. You might be able to the find these names using a translator software or an English- Spanish dictionary but you sure will not find them listed like this, under one group name - Family Names.

Family Name in English	Family Name in Spanish
husband	esposo, marido
wife	esposa
children	niños
son	hijo
daughter	hija
father	padre, papá (informal)
mother	madre, mamá (informal)
brother	hermano
sister	hermana
grandfather	abuelo
grandmother	abuela
uncle	tío
aunt	tía
nephew	sobrino
niece	sobrina
cousin	primo (m), prima (f)
brother-in-law	cuñado
sister-in-law	cuñada
father-in-law	suegro
mother-in-law	suegra
son-in-law	yerno
daughter-in-law	nuera

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