abano

From Spanish habano.

• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧no

abano

1. a Havana cigar
2. the wrapper of such cigar

Probably from a- + Latin vannus (“winnowing basket”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /aˈβano̝/

abano m (plural abanos)

1. fan (hand-held device waved back and forth in order to move air or cool oneself)

   Synonyms: abanador, abanico

2. the act of waving (moving something back and forth repeatedly)

• abanar
• abanicar
• baneiro

• “abano” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “abano” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abano” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Spanish habano.

abáno

1. a cigar made by machinery

From a- + Latin vannus (“winnowing basket”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈbɐ.nu/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈbɐ.no/
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧no

abano m (plural abanos)

1. fan (hand-held device waved back and forth in order to move air or cool oneself)

   Synonyms: abanador, flabelo, leque, ventarola

2. the act of waving (moving something back and forth repeatedly)

• avano (archaic)

• abanico, abaninho (diminutives)
• abanão (augmentative)
• abanos

abano

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of abanar

• IPA^(key): /aˈbano/, [aˈβano]
• Homophone: habano

Borrowed from Portuguese abano. Cognate with English fan.

abano m (plural abanos)

1. ceiling fan

   Synonyms: abanico, ventilador

2. fly-chaser (tool to chase flies from an area)

• abanico
• abanillo

• abanar

See the etymology of the main entry.

abano

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of abanar.

• “abano” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.