abanico

See also: abanicó

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish abanico (“fan”).

Pronunciation

• (Chabacano Caviteño) IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈniko/ [ʔa.ba.ˈni.ko]
• (Chavacano Cotabateño) IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈniko/ [ʔa.ba.ˈni.ko]
• (Chabacano Ternateño) IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈniko/ [ʔa.ba.ˈni.ko]
• (Chavacano Zamboangueño) IPA^(key): /ʔabaˈniko/ [ʔa.ba.ˈni.ko]
• Rhymes: -o, -ko, -iko
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ni‧co

Noun

abaníco

1. (Cotabateño, Caviteño, Ternateño, Zamboangueño) fan

   Synonyms: paypay, paypayan

Derived terms

• abanica

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈniko/ [a.β̞aˈni.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ni‧co

Etymology 1

Deverbal from abanicar, itself from abanar (“to rock”).

Noun

abanico m (plural abanicos)

1. fan

   Synonym: abano

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “abanico”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abanico”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abanico”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

abanico

1. first-person singular present indicative of abanicar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abanico (“fan”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈni.ku/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈni.ku/ [ɐ.βɐˈni.ku]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈni.ku/ [ɐ.βɐˈni.ku]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈni.ku/

• Rhymes: -iku
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ni‧co

Noun

abanico m (plural abanicos)

1. fan (anything resembling a hand-held fan)

   Synonyms: abano, flabelo, leque

Further reading

• “abanico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Un abanico plegado y otro abierto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈniko/ [a.β̞aˈni.ko]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -iko
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ni‧co

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Old Galician-Portuguese a-

Portuguese a-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *watnosder.?

Latin vannus

Portuguese abanobor.

Spanish abano

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icusbor.

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Ladino -ikoinflu.

▲

Spanish -itoinflu.

Spanish -ico

Spanish abanico

From abano (“ceiling fan”) +‎ -ico (diminutive suffix), from Portuguese abano.

Noun

abanico m (plural abanicos)

1. fan (hand-held device)
2. (figurative) range, rainbow (selection, array)
3. (Venezuela, Maracaibo) fan (“ventilator”)

Derived terms

• abanicar
• abanicazo
• abanico aluvial
• abaniqueo
• en abanico
• palma de abanico

Related terms

• abanar
• abanillo
• abano
• abañar

Descendants

• → Cebuano: abaniko
• → Hiligaynon: abaniko
• → Portuguese: abanico
• → Tagalog: abaniko

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abanico

1. first-person singular present indicative of abanicar

Further reading

• abanico on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• “abanico”, 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
• “abanico”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010