villano

See also: Villano

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin vīllānus, from Latin vīlla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vilˈla.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: vil‧là‧no

Adjective

villano (feminine villana, masculine plural villani, feminine plural villane)

1. rude, bad-mannered

Derived terms

• villanamente

Noun

villano m (plural villani, feminine villana, diminutive villanèllo, augmentative villanóne, pejorative villanàccio)

1. a rude or bad-mannered person; lout or boor
2. (literary, archaic) peasant

Related terms

• villa

Further reading

• “villano”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “villano” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• “villano” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “villano” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “villàno” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “villano”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• valloni, villona

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wiːlˈlaː.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vilˈlaː.no]

Noun

vīllānō

1. dative/ablative singular of vīllānus

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin vīllānus, from Latin vīlla. Cognate with English villain, villein.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /biˈʝano/ [biˈʝa.no]

• IPA^(key): /biˈʝano/ [biˈʝa.no] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /biˈʎano/ [biˈʎa.no] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /biˈʃano/ [biˈʃa.no] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /biˈʒano/ [biˈʒa.no] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /biˈano/ [biˈa.no] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: vi‧lla‧no

Adjective

villano (feminine villana, masculine plural villanos, feminine plural villanas)

1. peasant
2. villainous, rude, bad-mannered

Derived terms

• villanía

Noun

villano m (plural villanos, feminine villana, feminine plural villanas)

1. villain, bad guy

Derived terms

• archivillano
• supervillano

Related terms

• villa

Further reading

• “villano”, 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