emparentado

Emparentado is a term used in Portuguese and Spanish to describe a person who is related to another by blood or by marriage. As an adjective, it denotes kinship or connection through family ties, and it can also function as a past participle of the verb emparentar (to become relatives).

In Portuguese, emparentado can refer to anyone who shares kinship through natural descent or through marriage, with gender and number forms such as emparentada, emparentados, and emparentadas. The noun form emparentamento refers to the process of establishing kinship or the state of being related. In Spanish, the equivalent concept is often expressed with emparentado or pariente emparentado, and the related verb emparentar also exists, used to describe forming ties of kinship or marriage.

Etymology traces emparentado to the root related to parentesco, kinship, and to the verb emparentar, which is built from the prefix em- and the base related to parent/_relation. The concept encompasses both blood relatives (consanguineos) and relatives by marriage (afines). In genealogical or sociological contexts, emparentado emphasizes the social and legal implications of family ties, such as inheritance, household connections, or lineage.

Common usage contrasts include distinguishing emparentados by sangre versus by afinidad, and recognizing that not all related persons are equally proximate (cousins, in-laws, and extended relatives all fall under kinship terms). See also: parentesco, afinidad, consanguinidad, genealogía.