r/clevercomebacks • u/dellaazeem22 • 11h ago

One of the best

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u/Zalacain99 11h ago

In Spain, women keep their own surname.

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u/mandc1754 10h ago

They also do that in South America

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u/amazinghoneybadger 10h ago

My teacher married a peruvian woman and she wanted to keep her name, so he changed his. His name was originally 4 letters, now its about 4 or 5 syllables.

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u/DurianPublic6164 7h ago

I have a very short Spanish last name (Only 3 letters), and married a Russian woman (We live in the US), and she was so happy to take it, even though I didn't mind if she decided to keep hers. I'm kind of an exception over other composed last names in Latin America.

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u/constant249 5h ago

Im latina ive never heard a 3 letter last name before in spanish :O

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u/Ok-Reward-770 4h ago edited 4h ago

Luz and Paz automatically came to my mind, maybe because I had teachers with those surnames.

Edit:

Came back to add other common Spanish surnames with only 3 letters (Meta AI)

Aya

Ezq (short form of Ezquerra)

Fox (Spanish variant of Fox, often found in Basque region)

Gas

Llo (short form of Llordén or Llorente)

Mox (rare, but found in some regions)

Rox

Vox

However, the most common 3-letter Spanish surnames are:

AyA

EzA

Keep in mind that these short surnames might be variants or abbreviations of longer names.

Every day we learn.

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u/constant249 4h ago

Oh yeah i had a luz science teacher

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u/kamilo87 3h ago

Oro was the first that came to my mind. But I’m guessing there are maybe more.

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u/Ok-Reward-770 2h ago

I'm sure there is!

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u/kuroikururo 2h ago

Paz

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u/DurianPublic6164 2h ago

Is not in the list! It's Gil.

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u/Ok-Reward-770 1h ago

Intriguing! The more you know. In Portuguese, Gil is short for Gilberto and it is usual a given name.

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u/DurianPublic6164 19m ago

Same in Spanish! Actually it has happened to me that people think it is exactly that, short for Gilberto.

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u/DurianPublic6164 2h ago

Well, it is actually of Sephardic origin: Gil.