Original text - Portuguese - mapear o conhecimento...

Hi gbernsdorff,

Wow! That's a tough one!

Words like "concunhado" and "consogro" have to be explained in English. There are not single words which correspond to them.

concunhado = one's wife's/husband's brother-in-law
consogro = father-in-law of one's son or daughter

I hope you'll get it.

Hello lilian canale,
I'm aware of the fact that there are no single word equivalents in French, English or German and probably not in Latin either. However, I have been wanting for ages to see a correct and 'elegant' rendering of these terms. I suppose they are concuñado and consuegro in Spanish. In Malay, consogro/consogra are besan (lelaki/perempuan), - both in Indonesia and in Malaysia. Concunhado is biras or ipar besan but I suspect that their frequency is different in each country. In Dutch I use the Malay words which are quite well known amongst Eurasian Dutchmen or else I use medezwager and medeschoonvader (loan translations from Portuguese) which I have coined myself and which seem to work well for the general public. Thank you for your effort.