pando

See also: Pando and paṇḍo

English

Etymology

Clipping of pandemic + -o.

Noun

pando

1. (Australia, UK, slang) A pandemic (chiefly in reference to the COVID-19 pandemic).
   • [2020 August 20, David Shariatmadari, “Pando, Miss Rona and Covid Toe: how the language of a disease develops – shaped by fear and prejudice”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 August 2021:

     We have crunched Covid-19 to Covid; the specific coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 is mostly now "coronavirus", and has been joined by "the pandemic" (for some in Australia, the "pando"), "'rona" and even "miss Rona".]

   • 2021 September 30, u/ThrustersOnFull, “what are some of the professions that are slowly dying ?”, in Reddit‎^[2], r/AskReddit, archived from the original on 19 February 2024:

     Had a radio job before the pando, now I don't. I went to school for it too. Now I gotta change gears and don't know howwwww

   • 2023 May 9, u/Magnus_Veritas, “CTA Hoses Train Cars Down With Fresh Piss”, in Reddit‎^[3], r/chicago, archived from the original on 9 May 2023:

     Pre-pando things were really going well. It's such a shame

   • 2023 December 4, u/TimothyOilypants, “Out in the wild”, in Reddit‎^[4], archived from the original on 19 February 2024:

     I really hope the next pando is more effective... ¶ I feel like COVID didn't come through on its promise.

Esperanto

Pando.

Etymology

From French panda, Russian па́нда (pánda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpando/

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• Rhymes: -ando
• Syllabification: pan‧do

Noun

pando (accusative singular pandon, plural pandoj, accusative plural pandojn)

1. panda

   Hyponyms: pandidino (“female panda cub”), pandido (“panda cub”), pandino (“she-panda”), virpando (“male panda”)

   Holonym: pandaro (“pack of pandas”)

Further reading

• “pando”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pandus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpandʊ]

Adjective

pando (feminine panda, masculine plural pandos, feminine plural pandas)

1. concave; caved in

   Synonym: afundido

Derived terms

• apandar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pando”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pando”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pando”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *pandō, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”). Cognate with pateō, Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpan.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpan.do]

Verb

pandō (present infinitive pandere, perfect active pandī, supine passum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to spread or open (out), extend

   Synonyms: extendō, distendō, porrigō, prōlongō, prōtrahō, trahō, prōferō, explicō

2. (transitive) to unfold or expand
3. (transitive) to spread out to dry
4. (transitive) to expose, narrate

   Synonyms: referō, ferō, prōdō, trādō, expediō, dicitur

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pandō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pandō		pandis		pandit		pandimus		panditis		pandunt
	imperfect	pandēbam		pandēbās		pandēbat		pandēbāmus		pandēbātis		pandēbant
	future	pandam		pandēs		pandet		pandēmus		pandētis		pandent
	perfect	pandī		pandistī		pandit		pandimus		pandistis		pandērunt, pandēre
	pluperfect	panderam		panderās		panderat		panderāmus		panderātis		panderant
	future perfect	panderō		panderis		panderit		panderimus		panderitis		panderint
passive	present	pandor		panderis, pandere		panditur		pandimur		pandiminī		panduntur
	imperfect	pandēbar		pandēbāris, pandēbāre		pandēbātur		pandēbāmur		pandēbāminī		pandēbantur
	future	pandar		pandēris, pandēre		pandētur		pandēmur		pandēminī		pandentur
	perfect	passus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	passus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	passus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pandam		pandās		pandat		pandāmus		pandātis		pandant
	imperfect	panderem		panderēs		panderet		panderēmus		panderētis		panderent
	perfect	panderim		panderīs		panderit		panderīmus		panderītis		panderint
	pluperfect	pandissem		pandissēs		pandisset		pandissēmus		pandissētis		pandissent
passive	present	pandar		pandāris, pandāre		pandātur		pandāmur		pandāminī		pandantur
	imperfect	panderer		panderēris, panderēre		panderētur		panderēmur		panderēminī		panderentur
	perfect	passus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	passus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pande		—		—		pandite		—
	future	—		panditō		panditō		—		panditōte		panduntō
passive	present	—		pandere		—		—		pandiminī		—
	future	—		panditor		panditor		—		—		panduntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pandere			pandī			pandēns			—
future		passūrum esse			passum īrī			passūrus			pandendus, pandundus
perfect		pandisse			passum esse			—			passus
future perfect		—			passum fore			—			—
perfect potential		passūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pandendī		pandendō		pandendum		pandendō		passum		passū

Derived terms

• expandō
• oppandō
• Panda
• pānsa
• passim
• passus

Descendants

• → Italian: pandere
• →⇒ Catalan: pansa
• →⇒ English: Pando

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Latin pandus

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 -ō

Latin pandō

From pandus (“turned”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

pandō (present infinitive pandāre, perfect active pandāvī, supine pandātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to bend, curve anything
2. (intransitive) to bend (oneself)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of pandō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pandō		pandās		pandat		pandāmus		pandātis		pandant
	imperfect	pandābam		pandābās		pandābat		pandābāmus		pandābātis		pandābant
	future	pandābō		pandābis		pandābit		pandābimus		pandābitis		pandābunt
	perfect	pandāvī		pandāvistī		pandāvit		pandāvimus		pandāvistis		pandāvērunt, pandāvēre
	pluperfect	pandāveram		pandāverās		pandāverat		pandāverāmus		pandāverātis		pandāverant
	future perfect	pandāverō		pandāveris		pandāverit		pandāverimus		pandāveritis		pandāverint
passive	present	pandor		pandāris, pandāre		pandātur		pandāmur		pandāminī		pandantur
	imperfect	pandābar		pandābāris, pandābāre		pandābātur		pandābāmur		pandābāminī		pandābantur
	future	pandābor		pandāberis, pandābere		pandābitur		pandābimur		pandābiminī		pandābuntur
	perfect	pandātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	pandātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	pandātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	pandem		pandēs		pandet		pandēmus		pandētis		pandent
	imperfect	pandārem		pandārēs		pandāret		pandārēmus		pandārētis		pandārent
	perfect	pandāverim		pandāverīs		pandāverit		pandāverīmus		pandāverītis		pandāverint
	pluperfect	pandāvissem		pandāvissēs		pandāvisset		pandāvissēmus		pandāvissētis		pandāvissent
passive	present	pander		pandēris, pandēre		pandētur		pandēmur		pandēminī		pandentur
	imperfect	pandārer		pandārēris, pandārēre		pandārētur		pandārēmur		pandārēminī		pandārentur
	perfect	pandātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	pandātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		pandā		—		—		pandāte		—
	future	—		pandātō		pandātō		—		pandātōte		pandantō
passive	present	—		pandāre		—		—		pandāminī		—
	future	—		pandātor		pandātor		—		—		pandantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pandāre			pandārī			pandāns			—
future		pandātūrum esse			pandātum īrī			pandātūrus			pandandus
perfect		pandāvisse			pandātum esse			—			pandātus
future perfect		—			pandātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		pandātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pandandī		pandandō		pandandum		pandandō		pandātum		pandātū

Descendants

• From an unattested Vulgar Latin *in + *pindo:
  • Sicilian: mpinnari
• ⇒ Spanish: pandar, apandar, empandar, pandear, pandeada

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

pandō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pandus

References

• “pando1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pando2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pando”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pando”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• pando in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to set the sails: vela facere, pandere
    

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pandus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpando/ [ˈpãn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ando
• Syllabification: pan‧do

Adjective

pando (feminine panda, masculine plural pandos, feminine plural pandas)

1. crooked, bent
2. shallow (water)
3. sluggish, slow (moving slowly)
4. (El Salvador) unlucky (having bad luck)

Derived terms

• apandar
• pandear

Noun

pando m (plural pandos)

1. plain (open flat land between mountains)

   Synonym: llano

Further reading

• “pando”, 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