entenada
A girl raised as a daughter through informal adoption, usually by relatives, when the biological parents are unable to care for her (this refers to a traditional custom of raising children within the extended family or by godparents without legal paperwork).
My niece is an entenada: she was the daughter of a couple before they officially married and had her mother's last name until her biological father recognized her, but she never lived with them.
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Argentina