blanco

See also: Blanco

Aragonese

Etymology

Adjective

blanco m sg (feminine singular blanca, neuter singular blanco, masculine and neuter plural blancos, feminine plural blances)

  1. white

References


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɑ̃.ko/

Noun

blanco m (plural blancos)

  1. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex

Synonyms


Interlingua

Noun

blanco (plural blancos)

  1. white person, usually a white man

Italian

Etymology

Spanish (from the colour of their strip).

Noun

blanco m (plural blancos)

  1. (soccer) A Real Madrid football player (in plural - the team)

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (white, bright, blinding), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (to shine), through a Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus. Found as early as the Cantar de Mio Cid[1]. Compare Old High German blanch (shining, bright, white) (German blank), Old English blanc (white, grey), blanca (white steed). Cognate with English blank, Dutch blank, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblanko/, [ˈblãŋko]
  • (file)

Adjective

blanco (feminine singular blanca, masculine plural blancos, feminine plural blancas)

  1. white
    Synonym: albo (poetic)
    Antonym: negro
  2. (heraldry) argent

Derived terms

Noun

blanco m (plural blancos)

  1. white
    Antonym: negro
  2. target

Descendants

  • Chavacano: blangko, blangku
  • Papiamentu: blancu

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
     blanco      gris      negro
             rojo ; carmín, carmesí              naranja, anaranjado ; marrón              amarillo ; crema
             lima              verde             
             cian ; azul-petróleo              azur              azul
             violeta ; añil, índigo              magenta ; morado, púrpura              rosa

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