vizcaíno

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish Vizcaya

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Spanish -ino

Spanish vizcaíno

From Vizcaya + -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biθkaˈino/ [biθ.kaˈi.no] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /biskaˈino/ [bis.kaˈi.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: viz‧ca‧í‧no

Adjective

vizcaíno (feminine vizcaína, masculine plural vizcaínos, feminine plural vizcaínas)

1. Biscayan (from or native to Biscay)
2. Biscayne (pertaining to Biscay or to the language)

Noun

vizcaíno m (plural vizcaínos, feminine vizcaína, feminine plural vizcaínas)

1. Biscayan

Noun

vizcaíno m (uncountable)

1. the Biscay dialect

Further reading

• “vizcaíno”, 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