llano

See also: Llano

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːnəʊ/, /ˈlænəʊ/, /ˈjænəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnəʊ

Noun

llano (plural llanos)

1. 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.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-. Compare also the doublet plano.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈʝano/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.no]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝano/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.no]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈʎano/ [ˈʎa.no]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃano/ [ˈʃa.no]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒano/ [ˈʒa.no]

• Rhymes: -ano

Adjective

llano (feminine llana, masculine plural llanos, feminine plural llanas)

1. even; flat; level

   Synonyms: plano, liso

2. plain
3. straightforward

Derived terms

• allanar
• llanura
• pueblo llano

 

Related terms

• plan
• plano

 

Noun

llano m (plural llanos)

1. 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