abanderado

Spanish

Etymology

From abanderar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abandeˈɾado/ [a.β̞ãn̪.d̪eˈɾa.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧ban‧de‧ra‧do

Noun

abanderado m (plural abanderados, feminine abanderada, feminine plural abanderadas)

1. standard-bearer, flagbearer

   Synonym: portaestandarte

Descendants

• → Tagalog: abanderado

Participle

abanderado (feminine abanderada, masculine plural abanderados, feminine plural abanderadas)

1. past participle of abanderar

Further reading

• “abanderado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• banderado

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abanderado (“standard-bearer”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabandeˈɾado/ [ʔɐ.bɐn̪.d̪ɛˈɾaː.d̪o]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧ban‧de‧ra‧do

Noun

abanderado (feminine abanderada, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜇᜓ)

1. standard-bearer; flag-bearer

Related terms

• banda
• bandera
• bandereta
• banderilya
• banderin

References

• “abanderado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 1
• “abanderado”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.