azulenco

Spanish

Etymology

From azul +‎ -enco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθuˈlenko/ [a.θuˈlẽŋ.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /asuˈlenko/ [a.suˈlẽŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -enko
• Syllabification: a‧zu‧len‧co

Adjective

azulenco (feminine azulenca, masculine plural azulencos, feminine plural azulencas)

1. somewhat blue, bluish
   • 2015 October 28, “Diez salinas brillantes en España”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La Mata, de coloraciones verdosas o azulencas, alberga el centro de interpretación del parque (www.citma.gva.es ), desde el que salen excursiones por observatorios y viñedos.

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Further reading

• “azulenco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10