cárdeno
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Late Latin cardinus, from Latin carduus (“artichoke, thistle”), after the colour of its flowers.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcárdeno (feminine cárdena, masculine plural cárdenos, feminine plural cárdenas)
- purplish, purply, violet, livid, lurid
- (bullfighting) grayish (of a bull), having small, dense black and white spots that appear gray or leaden
- opalescent (water)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “cárdeno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish terms inherited from Late Latin
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- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾdeno
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾdeno/3 syllables
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