lozano
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See also: Lozano
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly from loza, or from Latin lautus or alternatively from a Proto-Germanic *laus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /loˈθano/ [loˈθa.no]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /loˈsano/ [loˈsa.no]
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: lo‧za‧no
Adjective
[edit]lozano (feminine lozana, masculine plural lozanos, feminine plural lozanas)
- fresh; lush; verdant (said of landscapes, trees, forests etc.)
- 1834, Esteban Echeverría, La melodia:
- Pasaba como un sueño delicioso y risueño mi juventud lozana
- My verdant youth went by like a delicious smiley dream
- 1875, Benito Pérez Galdós, El equipaje del Rey José[1], section 21:
- Las altas montañas y los verdes prados se aclaraban, disipada la niebla que los cubría, mostrando su lozano verdor, compuesto de mil y mil hojuelas húmedas, que tiritaban al roce del pasajero viento
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1999, Osvaldo Bayer, En camino al paraíso:
- flores silvestres y pensamientos lozanos de libertad
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2012, Luis Guillermo Baptiste, Ingrid Johanna Bolívar, Alberto G Flórezmalagón, El poder de la carne:
- las lozanas y viciosas praderas
- the lush and abundant meadows
- healthy-looking
- bushy
- pelo lozano ― bushy hair
- un bigote lozano ― a bushy moustache
- un mejillón lozano ― a hairy mussel
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lozano”, 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
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