orellano

See also: Orellano

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish oriella (“edge”) (compare Modern Spanish orilla) +‎ -ano.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oɾeˈʝano/ [o.ɾeˈʝa.no]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oɾeˈʝano/ [o.ɾeˈʝa.no]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /oɾeˈʎano/ [o.ɾeˈʎa.no]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oɾeˈʃano/ [o.ɾeˈʃa.no]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oɾeˈʒano/ [o.ɾeˈʒa.no]

• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: o‧re‧lla‧no

Adjective

orellano (feminine orellana, masculine plural orellanos, feminine plural orellanas)

1. (archaic) remote, separated

   Synonyms: apartado, remoto, retirado

Related terms

• orilla

Further reading

• “orellano”, 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