llano
See also: Llano
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
llano (plural llanos)
- A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 442:
- “For this,” said El Espinero, with an economical slide of his hand indicating all the visible circumference of the cruel llano.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 442:
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-. Compare also the doublet plano.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ano
Adjective
llano (feminine llana, masculine plural llanos, feminine plural llanas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Noun
llano m (plural llanos)
- plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)
Descendants
- → English: llano
Further reading
- “llano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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