dundo

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• dunda

Etymology

Borrowed from Dalmatian [Term?], ultimately from Latin dominus. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dundo m (Cyrillic spelling дундо)

1. paternal uncle (father's brother)

   Synonyms: stric, čiča, amidža

2. maternal uncle (mother's brother)

   Synonyms: ujak, daidža

Usage notes

Originally only referred to a paternal uncle, it came to refer to a maternal one as well later on.

Declension

Declension of dundo

	singular	plural
nominative	dundo	dunde
genitive	dunde	dunda
dative	dundi	dundama
accusative	dundu	dunde
vocative	dundo	dunde
locative	dundi	dundama
instrumental	dundom	dundama

Further reading

• “dundo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdundo/ [ˈd̪ũn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -undo
• Syllabification: dun‧do

Adjective

dundo (feminine dunda, masculine plural dundos, feminine plural dundas)

1. (colloquial, Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic) dumb; stupid

   Synonym: tonto

Noun

dundo m (plural dundos, feminine dunda, feminine plural dundas)

1. (colloquial, Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic) a dumb person; a fool

   Synonym: tonto

Further reading

• “dundo”, 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