blanco

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English[edit]

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blanco (third-person singular simple present blancos, present participle blancoing, simple past and past participle blancoed)

  1. (transitive) To polish using Blanco.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 604:
      The Independence celebrations were coming, contingents of police had to be drilled and blancoed and starched before proceeding to Kuala Lumpur to represent the state.
    • 2012, Pat Coppard, In Spite of Everything ......: A Life-Story of Fear, Heartbreak, Love, Trickery and Triumph
      Eddie went back to his sea cadets, leading the band on Sunday mornings. He always looked very smart. He used to spend most of Saturday evening blancoing his kit and pressing his blue uniform.

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Aragonese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From early Medieval Latin blancus.

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Adjective[edit]

blanco m sg (feminine singular blanca, masculine plural blancos, feminine plural blancas)

  1. white

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Asturian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

blanco

  1. neuter of blancu

French[edit]

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Noun[edit]

blanco m (plural blancos)

  1. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex
    Synonyms: blanc, correcteur liquide, tipex

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Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

blanco (plural blancos)

  1. white person, usually a white man

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish (from the colour/color of their strip). Doublet of bianco.

Noun[edit]

blanco m (plural blancos)

  1. (soccer) a Real Madrid football/soccer player
  2. (soccer, in the plural) the Real Madrid football/soccer team

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From early Medieval Latin blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Found as early as the Cantar de Mio Cid[1].

Compare Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”). Cognate with English blank, Dutch blank, etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈblanko/ [ˈblãŋ.ko]
  • Audio (Mexico)(file)
  • Rhymes: -anko
  • Syllabification: blan‧co

Adjective[edit]

blanco (feminine blanca, masculine plural blancos, feminine plural blancas)

  1. white
    Synonym: (poetic) albo
    Antonym: negro
  2. (heraldry) argent

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Noun[edit]

blanco m (plural blancos)

  1. white
    Antonym: negro
  2. target

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Descendants[edit]

  • Chavacano: blangko, blangku
  • Papiamentu: blancu

See also[edit]

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
     blanco      gris      negro
             rojo; carmín, carmesí              naranja, anaranjado; marrón              amarillo; crema
             lima              verde              menta
             cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo              celeste, cerúleo              azul
             violeta; añil, índigo              magenta; morado, púrpura              rosa

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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