azulgrana

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *welH-der.?

Classical Persian لاژورد (Lāžvard)

Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward)bor.

Arabic لََازُوَرْد (laāzuward)bor.

Medieval Latin lazulum

Old French azurbor.

Old Spanish azur

Spanish azul

Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nósnom.

Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm

Proto-Italic *grānom

Latin grānum

Old Spanish grano

Spanish grano

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish granar

Spanish -a

Spanish grana

Spanish azulgrana

From azul (“blue”) + grana (“carmine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθulˈɡɾana/ [a.θulˈɣ̞ɾa.na] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /asulˈɡɾana/ [a.sulˈɣ̞ɾa.na] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: a‧zul‧gra‧na

Adjective

azulgrana m or f (masculine and feminine plural azulgranas)

1. blue and scarlet
2. (soccer, relational) of FC Barcelona, a football club from Barcelona

   Synonyms: barcelonista, culé, blaugrana

   • 2023 August 31, Irene Guevara, “Aitana Bonmatí, mejor jugadora del año por la UEFA: “No podemos permitir el abuso de poder””, in El País‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 February 2026:

     La jugadora azulgrana recibe el premio tras lograr en la temporada 2022-23 una Champions, una liga y un Mundial, y denuncia las “faltas de respeto” a cuenta del caso Rubiales[.]

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Further reading

• “azulgrana”, 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