hermano
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish hermano. Doublet of irmão and germano.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hermano m (plural hermanos, feminine hermana, feminine plural hermanas)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /eɾˈmano/ [eɾˈma.no]
Audio (Colombia): (file) Audio (Peru): (file) - Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: her‧ma‧no
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Spanish ermano, from Vulgar Latin *germānus (“brother”), from Latin germānus (“of a brother or sister”). Compare English germane.
Noun edit
hermano m (plural hermanos, feminine hermana, feminine plural hermanas)
- brother
- 1970, “Los Hermanos”, Atahualpa Yupanqui (lyrics), performed by Atahualpa Yupanqui:
- Yo tengo tantos hermanos / Que no los puedo contar / Y una novia muy hermosa / Que se llama Libertad
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- sibling
- bro
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
hermano
Further reading edit
- “hermano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014