alumno

Galician

Noun

alumno m (plural alumnos, feminine alumna, feminine plural alumnas)

1. student

Further reading

• “alumno”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Latin

Noun

alumnō

1. dative/ablative singular of alumnus

References

• “alumno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “alumno”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• alumno in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

alumno m (plural alumnos, feminine alumna, feminine plural alumnas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of aluno
   • 1934, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XI, in S. Bernardo‎^[2], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Ariel, Editora Ltda., page 68:

     Dou por visto o que este semvergonha ensina aos alumnos.

     I look the other way to what this rascal teaches students.

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alumnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlumno/ [aˈlũm.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -umno
• Syllabification: a‧lum‧no

Noun

alumno m (plural alumnos, feminine alumna, feminine plural alumnas)

1. pupil, student, learner

   Synonym: estudiante

Usage notes

• alumno is a false friend and does not mean alumnus. The Spanish word for alumnus is exalumno.

Derived terms

• alumnado
• centro de alumnos

Descendants

• → Tagalog: alumno

Further reading

• “alumno”, 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alumno, from Latin alumnus. The modern sense is a semantic loan from English alumnus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlumno/ [ʔɐˈlum.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -umno
• Syllabification: a‧lum‧no

Noun

alumno (feminine alumna, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜈᜓ)

1. alumnus (male graduate)

   Synonyms: alumnay, (dated) eksalumno

2. (dated) alumnus (male pupil or student)

   Synonyms: mag-aaral, estudyante, kolehiyal

Related terms

• alumna
• alumnay
• eksalumna
• eksalumno

See also

• kolehiyal

Further reading

• “alumno”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• 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 28