blanco
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
blanco (third-person singular simple present blancos, present participle blancoing, simple past and past participle blancoed)
- (transitive) To polish using Blanco.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 604:
- The Independence celebrations were coming, contingents of police had to be drilled and blancoed and starched before proceeding to Kuala Lumpur to represent the state.
- 2012, Pat Coppard, In Spite of Everything ......: A Life-Story of Fear, Heartbreak, Love, Trickery and Triumph
- Eddie went back to his sea cadets, leading the band on Sunday mornings. He always looked very smart. He used to spend most of Saturday evening blancoing his kit and pressing his blue uniform.
Anagrams edit
Aragonese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Early Medieval Latin blancus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
blanco (feminine blanca, masculine plural blancos, feminine plural blancas)
References edit
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “blanco”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
- “blanco”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
blanco
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian bianco, with replacement of -i- with -l- under influence from cognates.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
blanco (not comparable)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of blanco | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | blanco | |||
| inflected | blanco | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | blanco | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | blanco | ||
| n. sing. | blanco | |||
| plural | blanco | |||
| definite | blanco | |||
| partitive | ||||
Related terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
blanco m (plural blancos)
- correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex
- Synonyms: blanc, correcteur liquide, tipex
Further reading edit
- “blanco”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
blanco (plural blancos)
Related terms edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish (from the colour/color of their strip). Doublet of bianco.
Noun edit
blanco m (plural blancos)
- (soccer) a Real Madrid football/soccer player
- (soccer, in the plural) the Real Madrid football/soccer team
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Found as early as the Cantar de Mio Cid.[1]
Compare Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”). Cognate with English blank, Dutch blank, etc.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
blanco (feminine blanca, masculine plural blancos, feminine plural blancas)
Derived terms edit
- agujero blanco
- ajo blanco
- ajoblanco
- al rojo blanco
- álamo blanco
- algarrobo blanco
- alhelí blanco
- aliblanco
- arce blanco
- arma blanca
- azúcar blanca
- azúcar blanco
- bandera blanca
- beso blanco
- Blanca Nieves
- blanca y en botella, leche
- blanco apagado
- blanco como el papel
- blanco como la cera
- blanco como la pared
- blanco roto
- blancuzco
- blanquear
- blanquecino
- blanquísimo
- caballo blanco
- cabeciblanco
- canela blanca
- capuchino de frente blanca
- cariblanco
- carne blanca
- carta blanca
- Casa Blanca
- cedro blanco
- cheque en blanco
- chocolate blanco
- chorlitejo blanco
- cigüeña blanca
- coihue blanco
- coliblanco
- con guante blanco
- coroniblanco
- curutié blanco
- deporte blanco
- elefante blanco
- emblanquecer
- en blanco
- en blanco y negro
- enana blanca
- esclava blanca
- espino blanco
- fiesta blanca
- flores blancas
- garza blanca
- glóbulo blanco
- grulla blanca
- hepática blanca
- humor blanco
- ibis blanco
- lechuza blanca
- libro blanco
- línea blanca
- lino blanco
- lisa blanca
- luz blanca
- madera en blanco
- magia blanca
- mangle blanco
- manjar blanco
- mar Blanco
- marca blanca
- materia blanca
- millar en blanco
- mimbrera blanca
- negro sobre blanco
- oso blanco
- papel blanco
- pimienta blanca
- pizarra blanca
- playerito blanco
- poner los ojos en blanco
- quebracho blanco
- rinoceronte blanco
- roble blanco
- ropa blanca
- ruso blanco
- salsa blanca
- salvia blanca
- sarandí blanco
- sustancia blanca
- tiburón blanco
- tomillo blanco
- tortuga blanca
- trata de blancas
- trébol blanco
- vino blanco
- zanahoria blanca
Noun edit
blanco m (plural blancos)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
| blanco | gris | negro |
| rojo; carmín, carmesí | naranja, anaranjado; marrón | amarillo; crema |
| lima | verde | menta |
| cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo | celeste, cerúleo | azul |
| violeta; añil, índigo | magenta; morado, púrpura | rosa, rosado |
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “blanco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014