blanco

See also: Blanco

Italian

Etymology

Spanish (from the colour of their strip).

Noun

blanco m (plural blancos)

  1. (soccer) A Real Madrid football player (in plural - the team)

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”), through a Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus. Found as early as the Cantar de Mio Cid[1]. Compare Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Dutch blank.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblanko/, [ˈblãŋko]
  • Audio (Latin America)(file)

Adjective

blanco (feminine singular blanca, masculine plural blancos, feminine plural blancas) (superlative blanquísimo)

  1. white
    Synonym: albo
  2. (heraldry) argent

Derived terms

Noun

blanco m (plural blancos)

  1. white
  2. target

Descendants

  • Chavacano: blangko, blangku
  • Papiamentu: blancu

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
     blanco      gris      negro      marrón
             rosa              rojo ; carmín, carmesí              naranja, anaranjado              amarillo ; crema
             lima              verde                           cian ; azul-petróleo
             azur              azul              violeta ; añil, índigo              magenta ; morado, púrpura

References

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