ancho
See also: anchó
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish (chile) ancho (literally “wide chile”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ancho (plural anchos)
- A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
- 2009 January 30, “Fire-roasted hot chili”, in Toronto Star[1]:
- Add stock, tomato sauce, beans, roasted red pepper, garlic, paprika, ancho powder, ground chipotles and habaneros, cocoa powder, salt and pepper.
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Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
ancho
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ancho m
- broad, wide, ample
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, 325 cantiga Cantiga 325 (facsimile):
- Pois a Catiua eſperta. / foi achouſſ en űu camỹo / ancho ⁊ chão ſen pedras / ⁊ andou o mui feſtỹno
- So the smart captive / went and found herself in a path, / ample and flat, without rocks, / and walked through it very quickly.
- Pois a Catiua eſperta. / foi achouſſ en űu camỹo / ancho ⁊ chão ſen pedras / ⁊ andou o mui feſtỹno
Descendants edit
Old High German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *ankwō.
Noun edit
ancho m
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ancho, from Latin amplus. Cognate with Galician ancho and Spanish ancho. Doublet of amplo.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: an‧cho
Adjective edit
ancho (feminine ancha, masculine plural anchos, feminine plural anchas)
- broad, wide
- Synonym: largo
- (figurative) conceited
- Synonym: convencido
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin amplus. Doublet of amplio.
Adjective edit
ancho (feminine ancha, masculine plural anchos, feminine plural anchas)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: hanchu
Noun edit
ancho m (plural anchos)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
ancho
Further reading edit
- “ancho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014