llano

See also: Llano

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llano. Doublet of piano, plain, and plane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl(j)ɑːnəʊ/, /ˈjɑːnəʊ/, /ˈlænəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnəʊ, -ænəʊ

Noun

llano (plural llanos)

1. (Texas) A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 442:

     “For this,” said El Espinero, with an economical slide of his hand indicating all the visible circumference of the cruel llano.

Asturian

Adjective

llano

1. neuter of llanu

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plānus. Compare the borrowed doublet plano. Cognate with Galician chan and Portuguese chão.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝano/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.no]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝano/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.no]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈʎano/ [ˈʎa.no]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃano/ [ˈʃa.no]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒano/ [ˈʒa.no]

• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: lla‧no

Adjective

llano (feminine llana, masculine plural llanos, feminine plural llanas)

1. even, flat, level

   Synonyms: plano, liso

2. plain
3. straightforward
4. (phonetics) paroxytone (penultimate accented)

   Synonym: grave

   Coordinate term: agudo

Derived terms

• allanar
• de llano
• de llano en llano
• llanura
• nudo llano
• pueblo llano

 

Related terms

• plan
• plano

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: lhano

Noun

llano m (plural llanos)

1. plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)

Descendants

• → English: llano

Further reading

• “llano”, 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