urbano

See also: Urbano and Urbanô

English

Etymology

From Spanish urbano, from Spanish música urbana.

Noun

urbano (uncountable)

1. (music) An umbrella term for various popular Latin American music genres.

   Alternative form: urbano music

   Synonym: música urbana

   • 2025 June 20, “KAROL G's 'Tropicoqueta' Is A Love Letter To Latin America: 5 Takeaways From The New Album”, in GRAMMY.com‎^[1]:

     With so many flavors, the album may be a sign that KAROL G is transitioning from the world of urbano to the broader category of Latin pop.

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urbānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾˈbano/
• Syllabification: ur‧ba‧no
• Rhymes: -ano

Adjective

urbano (feminine urbana, masculine plural urbanos or urbans, feminine plural urbanas)

1. urban

   Antonym: rural

References

• “urbano”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “urbano”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin urbsbor.

Esperanto urbo

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānusder.

Esperanto -ano

Esperanto urbano

From urbo + -ano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /urˈbano/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: ur‧ba‧no
• Hyphenation: urb‧ano

Noun

urbano (accusative singular urbanon, plural urbanoj, accusative plural urbanojn)

1. A person who lives in a city; city dweller.
   • 2009, Manuel de Seabra, Malamu Vin, Unu la Alian, page 50:

     Ili iris ĝis la alia ekstremo, kie estis eta domaĉo kie iu prudenta urbano, laŭŝajne, kutime pasigis sian libertempon.

     They went to the other side, where there was a little shack where some sensible city dweller apparently liked to pass his own free time.

Further reading

• “urbano”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “urbano”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin urbs

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Latin urbānuslbor.

Galician urbano

Learned borrowing from Latin urbānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾˈbano/ [uɾˈβ̞a.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: ur‧ba‧no

Adjective

urbano (feminine urbana, masculine plural urbanos, feminine plural urbanas)

1. urban

   Antonym: rural

Related terms

• urbanización

Further reading

• “urbano”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “urbano”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urbānus (“of or belonging to a city”), derived from urbs (“city”). By surface analysis, urbe (“city”) +‎ -ano (pertaining to).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /urˈba.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: ur‧bà‧no

Adjective

urbano (feminine urbana, masculine plural urbani, feminine plural urbane)

1. urban
2. urbane

Related terms

• urbanamente
• urbanesimo, urbanismo
• urbanista
• urbanità
• urbanizzare
• urbe

Further reading

• urbano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Burano, rubano

Latin

Adjective

urbānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of urbānus

Noun

urbānō m

1. dative/ablative singular of urbānus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin urbs

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Latin urbānusbor.

Portuguese urbano

Borrowed from Latin urbānus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uʁˈbɐ̃.nu/ [uɦˈbɐ̃.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uʁˈbɐ̃.nu/ [uɦˈbɐ̃.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /uɾˈbɐ̃.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /uʁˈbɐ̃.nu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /uɻˈbɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /uʁˈbɐ.no/ [uɦˈbɐ.no]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uɾˈbɐ.nu/ [uɾˈβɐ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uɾˈbɐ.nu/ [uɾˈβɐ.nu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /uɾˈba.nu/ [uɾˈβa.nu]

• Rhymes: -ɐnu
• Homophone: Urbano
• Hyphenation: ur‧ba‧no

Adjective

urbano (feminine urbana, masculine plural urbanos, feminine plural urbanas)

1. urban

Derived terms

• inurbano

Related terms

• urbanizar
• urbe

Further reading

• “urbano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “urbano” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “urbano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin urbs

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Latin urbānusbor.

Spanish urbano

Borrowed from Latin urbānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾˈbano/ [uɾˈβ̞a.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: ur‧ba‧no

Adjective

urbano (feminine urbana, masculine plural urbanos, feminine plural urbanas)

1. urban

   Antonym: rural

   • 2015 September 17, Teresa Sánchez Ravina, “Senegal se pone las pilas con la planificación familiar”, in El País‎^[2], archived from the original on 23 March 2018:

     Un ejemplo claro se ve en la tasa de prevalencia anticonceptiva, que en 2014 era del 20% en las zonas urbanas y del 7% en las zonas rurales.

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2. urbane

   Synonym: cortés

Derived terms

• aglomeración urbana
• casco urbano
• leyenda urbana
• mobiliario urbano
• ordenación urbana
• paisajismo urbano
• planificación urbana
• renovación urbana
• urbanamente
• zona urbana

Related terms

• urbanizar
• urbe

Further reading

• “urbano”, 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