blondo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French blond. First attested in 1717. Also borrowed from the same source two centuries earlier as brundo.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblondo/ [ˈblõn̪.d̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ondo
  • Syllabification: blon‧do

Adjective

blondo (feminine blonda, masculine plural blondos, feminine plural blondas)

  1. (literary) blonde
    Synonym: rubio

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “blondo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 600

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