llano

See also: Llano

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llano

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑːnəʊ/, /ˈlænəʊ/, /ˈjænəʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnəʊ

Noun

llano (plural llanos)

  1. A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 442:
      “For this,” said El Espinero, with an economical slide of his hand indicating all the visible circumference of the cruel llano.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-. Compare also the doublet plano.

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈʎano/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈɟ͡ʝano/

Adjective

llano (feminine singular llana, masculine plural llanos, feminine plural llanas)

  1. even; flat; level
    Synonyms: plano, liso
  2. plain
  3. straightforward

Derived terms

Noun

llano m (plural llanos)

  1. plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)

Descendants

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